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Alison McGovern vs Jim Dickson

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

Photograph of Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead
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Photograph of Jim Dickson
Jim Dickson
Lab Dartford

Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Jim Dickson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

338 same votes 0 different votes 338 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
40 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
40 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
40 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 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
89.2 %
17 % above average
Rank 26 of 649
1,651
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
513
575 eligible divisions
918
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
248
48.3 % of votes cast
733
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
265
51.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
125
+46.9 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 649
446
+307.4 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 649
Contributions
138
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 201 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
£172,033
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£172,033
24 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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