Voting Record — John Whittingdale MP, Maldon and East Chelmsford (10632)

John Whittingdale is currently Member, Foreign Affairs Committee

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	10 votes out of 840, 1.2%	840 votes out of 1288, 65.2%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Con	3 votes out of 903, 0.3%	903 votes out of 1246, 72.5%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Con	1 vote out of 848, 0.1%	848 votes out of 1273, 66.6%	50 times

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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House	Date	Subject	John Whittingdale	Con Vote	Rôle
6 Nov 2024	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care),
21 Oct 2024	Became Member, Foreign Affairs Committee
19 Jul 2024	Became Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care),
8 May 2024	Stopped being Member, Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill Committee
1 May 2024	Became Member, Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill Committee
28 Feb 2024	Stopped being Member, Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill Committee
21 Feb 2024	Became Member, Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill Committee
20 Dec 2023	Stopped being The Minister of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport,
20 Dec 2023	Stopped being Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology),
12 Dec 2023	Stopped being Member, Media Bill Committee
29 Nov 2023	Became Member, Media Bill Committee
23 May 2023	Stopped being Member, Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill Committee
9 May 2023	Became Member, Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill Committee
9 May 2023	Became The Minister of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport,
9 May 2023	Became Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology),
16 Sep 2021	Stopped being Minister of State,
13 Feb 2020	Became Minister of State,
6 Nov 2019	Stopped being Member, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union
11 Sep 2017	Became Member, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union
3 May 2017	Stopped being Member, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union
31 Oct 2016	Became Member, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union
14 Jul 2016	Stopped being The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport,
8 May 2015	Became The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport,
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Vice-Chair, Conservative 1922 Committee,
12 Mar 2012	Stopped being Chair, Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee)
12 Mar 2012	Stopped being Chair, Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee)
8 Sep 2011	Became Chair, Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee)
8 Sep 2011	Became Chair, Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee)
8 Sep 2011	Stopped being Member, Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee)
14 Jul 2011	Became Member, Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee)
Commons	4 Mar 2010	Backbench Business Committee	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Mar 2009	Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Bill — Use of the Chamber (United Kingdom Youth Parliament)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Mar 2009	Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Bill — Use of the Chamber (United Kingdom Youth Parliament)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Mar 2009	Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Bill — Use of the Chamber (United Kingdom Youth Parliament)	minority	aye	Rebel
1 Jul 2008	Became Vice-Chair, Conservative 1922 Committee,
Commons	12 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Second Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	6 May 2008	Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill: Blasphemy	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Oct 2007	Modernisation of the House of Commons — Handheld email devices	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Short Speeches	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2006	Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails	minority	aye	Rebel
11 Jul 2005	Became Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
5 May 2005	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport,
House	Date	Subject	John Whittingdale	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	7 Feb 2005	Serious Organized Crime and Police Bill -- Demonstrating without authorisation in a designated area	minority	aye	Rebel
1 Jul 2004	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport,
1 Jul 2004	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,
15 Nov 2003	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport,
1 Nov 2003	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,
Commons	25 Jun 2003	Deferred Division — Sexual Orientation Discrimination	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — New Clause 29 — Rules of Court	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
23 Jul 2002	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport,
23 Jul 2002	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State (Trade and Industry),
29 Oct 2001	Stopped being Member, Trade & Industry Committee
18 Sep 2001	Became Shadow Secretary of State (Trade and Industry),
16 Jul 2001	Became Member, Trade & Industry Committee
House	Date	Subject	John Whittingdale	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	13 Dec 2000	Deferred Divisions - Fisheries: Total Allowable Catches and Quotas 2001	both	no	Rebel
1 Jun 1999	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury),
Commons	26 May 1999	Line of Route	minority	aye	Rebel
1 Jun 1998	Became Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury),
1 Jun 1998	Stopped being Opposition Whip (Commons),
Commons	20 May 1998	Human Rights Bill [Lords]	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	20 May 1998	Human Rights Bill [Lords]	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	18 May 1998	Sierra Leone	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	30 Apr 1998	Economic and Monetary Union	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	29 Apr 1998	Orders of the Day - Married couple's allowance etc. in and after 1999-2000	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	29 Apr 1998	Orders of the Day - Taper relief for CGT	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	28 Apr 1998	Finance (No. 2) Bill - Rates of tobacco products duty	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	28 Apr 1998	Finance (No. 2) Bill - Rates of duties and rebates	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	28 Apr 1998	Finance (No. 2) Bill - Rate of duty on beer	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Apr 1998	Finance (No. 2) Bill - Stamp duty on conveyance or transfer on sale	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Apr 1998	Finance (No. 2) Bill 1998 — Regulations to allow the implementation of rules that would introduce instalment payments of corporation tax	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	20 Apr 1998	Bank of England Bill - Monetary Policy Committee.	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	24 Mar 1998	School Standards and Framework Bill — Third Reading	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	24 Mar 1998	School Standards and Framework Bill - Partnership schemes	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	23 Mar 1998	Budget Resolutions 1998 — Corporation tax (due and payable date)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	23 Mar 1998	Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation - 4. Wine and made-wine (rates of duty)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	23 Mar 1998	Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — 2. Beer (rate of duty)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Mar 1998	Pensioners' Incomes	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	10 Mar 1998	Taxation	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	3 Mar 1998	Listening to the Countryside	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	3 Mar 1998	Listening to the Countryside	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	3 Mar 1998	ISAs, TESSAs and PEPs	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	10 Feb 1998	Scotland Bill - Ministers	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	10 Feb 1998	Scotland Bill - The Scottish Executive	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	5 Feb 1998	Local Government Finance	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	5 Feb 1998	Local Government Finance	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	5 Feb 1998	Local Government Finance	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	3 Feb 1998	Government of Wales Bill - Relations with local government	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	27 Jan 1998	Protection of the Countryside	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	22 Jan 1998	Bank of England Bill - Transitional provisions and savings	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 Jan 1998	European Communities (Amendment) Bill - Exchange of information between Court of Auditors and other bodies	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 Jan 1998	European Communities (Amendment) Bill - Meaning of "the Treaties" and "the Community Treaties"	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	17 Dec 1997	European Communities (Amendment) Bill (Allocation of Time)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	17 Dec 1997	Fisheries	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	17 Dec 1997	Fisheries	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	10 Dec 1997	Social Security Bill - New schedule 1	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	1 Dec 1997	Welfare, Pensions and Disabled People	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	25 Nov 1997	European Parliamentary Elections Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Nov 1997	European Communities (Amendment) Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Nov 1997	Bank of England Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	4 Nov 1997	Rural Life	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	30 Jul 1997	Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	30 Jul 1997	Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill - Referendum in Scotland	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	24 Jul 1997	European Community Documents - 1998 Preliminary Draft Budget	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	15 Jul 1997	Finance Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	7 Jul 1997	Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation - 22. Relief for film production and acquisition expenditure	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	7 Jul 1997	Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation - 13. Surplus franked investment income	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	7 Jul 1997	Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation - 11. Withdrawal of relief on medical insurance premiums	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 Jun 1997	London Underground	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 Jun 1997	London Underground - NHS Services (Charging)	tellaye	aye	Teller
1 Jun 1997	Became Opposition Whip (Commons),
21 Mar 1997	Stopped being Member, Health and Social Care Committee
21 Mar 1997	Stopped being Member, Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
5 Jul 1993	Became Member, Health and Social Care Committee
27 Apr 1992	Became Member, Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this MP and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

Agreement	Policy
65%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
88%	Academy Schools - for
13%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
82%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
8%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
100%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
50%	Apprenticeships
25%	Assisted Dying
88%	Asylum System - More strict
100%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
100%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
14%	Ban fox hunting
12%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
0%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
58%	Business and community control of schools: For
92%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
100%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
67%	Closed Material Proceedure
84%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
8%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
75%	Cull Badgers
0%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
79%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
45%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
39%	Easier access to abortion
90%	Employee Shareholder Status
48%	Employment rights
85%	Encourage and incentivise saving
100%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
16%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
20%	Environmental water quality
88%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
18%	European Union Integration - For
92%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
100%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
12%	Fire Safety
42%	Fixed Term Parliaments
3%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
20%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
14%	Fox hunting - Ban
72%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
79%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
10%	Fully Elected House of Lords
19%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
14%	Further devolution to Scotland
10%	Further devolution to Wales
47%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
50%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
21%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
0%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
90%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
42%	Higher taxes on banks
100%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
21%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
89%	HS2 - In Favour
17%	Human Rights and Equality
19%	Identity cards - For introduction
24%	Imported Goods Must Equal UK Standards
100%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
42%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
33%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
100%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
78%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
90%	Increase the state pension age
97%	Increase VAT
42%	Inheritance Tax
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
84%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
6%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
18%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
0%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
63%	Localise Council Tax Support
61%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
100%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
19%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
25%	Mansion Tax
84%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
59%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
0%	Member trustees on pension boards
100%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
14%	Minimum Wage
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
0%	More Emergency Service Workers
0%	More funds for social care
30%	More powers for local councils
12%	More restrictive planning laws
0%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
39%	No detention without charge or trial
21%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
65%	Nuclear power - For
29%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
17%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
100%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
100%	Police and Crime Commissioners
0%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
100%	Post office closures - against
12%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
0%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
100%	Privatise Royal Mail
50%	Promote Occupational Pensions
15%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
0%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
78%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
0%	Public Ownership of Railways
0%	Rail Fares - Lower
70%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
73%	Reduce capital gains tax
85%	Reduce central funding for local government
30%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
85%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
83%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
82%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
71%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
99%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
0%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
83%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
83%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
71%	Register of Lobbyists
14%	Regulate letting agent fees
38%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
10%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
100%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
25%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
100%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
100%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
87%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
0%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
71%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
8%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
42%	Right to strike
18%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
11%	Same Sex Marriage - for
92%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
100%	Sell England's Public Forests
16%	Smoking ban - In favour
9%	State control of bus services
28%	Stop climate change
30%	Support current and former armed service members
60%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
0%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
71%	Termination of pregnancy - against
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
87%	Tougher on illegal immigration
91%	Trade Unions - Restrict
46%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
93%	University education fees - Should be free
42%	University Tuition Fees - For
95%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
7%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
17%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
29%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
29%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2005-2010, Westminster Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both MPs attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between MPs that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

Agreement	Name	Constituency	Party
100.0%	John Howell	Henley	Con
98.4%	Tim Yeo	South Suffolk	Con
98.1%	Patrick Cormack	South Staffordshire	Con
98.0%	David Cameron	Witney	Con
97.8%	Humfrey Malins	Woking	Con

Voting Record — John Whittingdale MP, Maldon and East Chelmsford (10632)

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