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Alison McGovern vs Heidi Alexander

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 Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 516 shared comparable votes.

515 same votes 1 different votes 516 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
60 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
60 Aye 37 No
24 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 9 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 62 shared votes
52 Aye 10 No
60 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
60 Aye 37 No
24 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% 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

70.2%
2% below average
Rank 421 of 650
Participation
63.2%
9% below average
Rank 539 of 650
1,689
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
392
620 eligible divisions
933
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
185
47.2% of votes cast
756
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
207
52.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-16.0 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 650
Appearances
69
-24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
570
+408.0 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 650
Contributions
546
+384.0 vs Commons average
Rank 20 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34% above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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

Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#1
Migration
13 of 13 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#3
Transport
26 of 30 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
174 of 212 votes
#5
Trade
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
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