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Alison McGovern vs Liz Kendall

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 Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West

Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Liz Kendall voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,348 shared comparable votes.

1,347 same votes 1 different votes 1,348 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
112 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 174 shared votes
112 Aye 62 No
49 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 118 shared votes
49 Aye 69 No
41 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 115 shared votes
41 Aye 74 No
40 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 64 shared votes
40 Aye 24 No
30 Aye 30 No
Trade 100% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
106 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 172 shared votes
107 Aye 65 No
112 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 174 shared votes
112 Aye 62 No
49 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 118 shared votes
49 Aye 69 No
41 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 115 shared votes
41 Aye 74 No
40 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 64 shared votes
40 Aye 24 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
64.2%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 650
1,688
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,543
2,405 eligible divisions
932
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
878
56.9% of votes cast
756
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
665
43.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

72
-16.8 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 650
Appearances
35
-53.8 vs Commons average
Rank 540 of 650
521
+366.4 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 650
Contributions
483
+328.4 vs Commons average
Rank 28 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
£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34% above average
Latest expenses
£249,722
10% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#3
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
Brexit / EU
174 of 212 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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