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Alison McGovern vs Patricia Ferguson

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


Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Patricia Ferguson voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 347 shared comparable votes.

338 same votes 9 different votes 347 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
45 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
45 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 9 No
Transport 100% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 93% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 96% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
45 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
45 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

70.3%
2% below average
Rank 417 of 650
Participation
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 211 of 650
1,702
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
505
636 eligible divisions
943
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
257
50.9% of votes cast
759
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
248
49.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
18
3.6% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

80
-17.0 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 650
Appearances
116
+19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 650
573
+403.8 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 650
Contributions
160
-9.2 vs Commons average
Rank 237 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
£151,093
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34% above average
Latest expenses
£151,093
33% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#1
Housing
33 of 33 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
174 of 212 votes
#5
Defence
30 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API