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Alison McGovern vs Jade Botterill

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 Jade Botterill
Jade Botterill
Lab Ossett and Denby Dale

Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Jade Botterill voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 308 shared comparable votes.

308 same votes 0 different votes 308 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
38 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
38 Aye 33 No
17 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
38 Aye 33 No
17 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 176 of 649
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
480
590 eligible divisions
922
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
51.7% of votes cast
741
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
232
48.3% 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

63
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 650
Appearances
3
-80.6 vs Commons average
Rank 635 of 650
430
+284.3 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 650
Contributions
3
-142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 632 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
£222,024
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34% above average
Latest expenses
£222,024
2% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Education
48 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

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
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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