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Andy McDonald vs Sir Gavin Williamson

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

Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
vs
Photograph of Sir Gavin Williamson
Sir Gavin Williamson
Con Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Sir Gavin Williamson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,432 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 1,359 different votes 1,432 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
25 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
106 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 173 shared votes
67 Aye 106 No
56 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 124 shared votes
67 Aye 57 No
21 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
32 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
29 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
Participation
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
996
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
47.8% of votes cast
798
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
971
52.2% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649
Contributions
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31% above average
Latest expenses
£278,816
23% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Transport
83 of 95 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 91 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Housing
57 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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