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Alison McGovern vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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


Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,163 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,122 different votes 1,163 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
23 Aye 10 No
Energy 6% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
91 Aye 54 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 145 shared votes
54 Aye 91 No
10 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
36 Aye 69 No
Migration 4% aligned 105 shared votes
65 Aye 40 No
22 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 8 No
Benefits 0% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 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
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 649
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,571
2,376 eligible divisions
922
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
740
47.1% of votes cast
741
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
831
52.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

63
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 649
Appearances
8
-75.7 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
430
+284.1 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
Contributions
13
-132.9 vs Commons average
Rank 621 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34% above average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
16
3 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
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API