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Alison McGovern vs Natasha Irons

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 Natasha Irons
Natasha Irons
Lab Croydon East

Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Natasha Irons 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
34 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
34 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
34 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 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
86.1%
13% above average
Rank 76 of 649
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
508
590 eligible divisions
922
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
253
49.8% of votes cast
741
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
255
50.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% 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
42
-41.6 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 650
430
+284.3 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 650
Contributions
59
-86.7 vs Commons average
Rank 479 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
£150,494
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34% above average
Latest expenses
£150,494
33% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API