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Alison McGovern vs Mrs Kemi Badenoch

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 Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex

Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Mrs Kemi Badenoch voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,077 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 1,042 different votes 1,077 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
21 Aye 6 No
Education 7% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 8 No
Energy 3% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
35 Aye 86 No
Migration 3% aligned 121 shared votes
82 Aye 39 No
86 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 144 shared votes
58 Aye 86 No
22 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
14 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 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
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 482 of 649
1,651
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,410
2,106 eligible divisions
918
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
699
49.6 % of votes cast
733
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
711
50.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 650
Appearances
61
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 650
446
+307.7 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 650
Contributions
249
+110.7 vs Commons average
Rank 79 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
£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£278,687
23 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
19
5 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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
73 of 87 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
134 of 163 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 59 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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
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