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Alison McGovern vs David Davis

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

Photograph of Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead
vs
Photograph of David Davis
David Davis
Con Goole and Pocklington

Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and David Davis voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 1,134 shared comparable votes.

97 same votes 1,037 different votes 1,134 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
32 Aye 74 No
Migration 15% aligned 106 shared votes
64 Aye 42 No
33 Aye 28 No
Trade 15% aligned 61 shared votes
25 Aye 36 No
40 Aye 45 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 85 shared votes
43 Aye 42 No
16 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 9% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
Participation
64.8%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 649
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,539
2,376 eligible divisions
922
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
720
46.8% of votes cast
741
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
819
53.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
93
6.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
18 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jul 2008

Debates

64
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649
431
+288.7 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
Contributions
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34% above average
Latest expenses
£277,187
23% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
198 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
53 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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