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Alison McGovern vs Shivani Raja

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 Shivani Raja
Shivani Raja
Con Leicester East

Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Shivani Raja voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 230 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 222 different votes 230 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
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 7 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
12 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 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
63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 649
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
374
590 eligible divisions
922
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
741
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

63
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 649
Appearances
16
-67.7 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 649
430
+284.1 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
Contributions
18
-127.9 vs Commons average
Rank 612 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
£205,066
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34% above average
Latest expenses
£205,066
9% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
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
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
29 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Transport
22 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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