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Wera Hobhouse vs Sir John Whittingdale

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 1,272 shared comparable votes.

210 same votes 1,062 different votes 1,272 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
19 Aye 18 No
Education 62% aligned 37 shared votes
9 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 55% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
78 Aye 63 No
Tax 38% aligned 141 shared votes
53 Aye 88 No
9 Aye 43 No
Devolution / Local Government 35% aligned 52 shared votes
33 Aye 19 No
27 Aye 24 No
Defence 24% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
33 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 2% aligned 50 shared votes
16 Aye 34 No
26 Aye 89 No
Migration 3% aligned 115 shared votes
86 Aye 29 No
98 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 165 shared votes
61 Aye 104 No
15 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
844
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
710
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

147
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
209
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
12
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#4
Trade
70 of 87 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API