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Alison McGovern vs Dr Caroline Johnson

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 Dr Caroline Johnson
Dr Caroline Johnson
Con Sleaford and North Hykeham

Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Dr Caroline Johnson voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,336 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,290 different votes 1,336 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
23 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 13 No
Education 5% aligned 43 shared votes
15 Aye 28 No
31 Aye 13 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
11 Aye 33 No
102 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 165 shared votes
62 Aye 103 No
62 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 131 shared votes
70 Aye 61 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
17 Aye 37 No
24 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

69.9 %
3 % below average
Rank 431 of 649
Participation
82.9 %
10 % above average
Rank 142 of 649
1,651
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,825
2,201 eligible divisions
918
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
890
48.8 % of votes cast
733
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
935
51.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.5 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 8 months
Since 8 Dec 2016

Debates

68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 650
Appearances
133
+55.1 vs Commons average
Rank 79 of 650
446
+307.7 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 650
Contributions
395
+256.7 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,451,695
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£229,187
1 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
154 of 164 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 89 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 65 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
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
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
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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