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Catherine Atkinson vs Alison McGovern

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


Voting alignment

Catherine Atkinson and Alison McGovern voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 358 shared comparable votes.

348 same votes 10 different votes 358 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
40 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
40 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
40 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
8% above average
Rank 194 of 650
Participation
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 417 of 650
509
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,702
2,422 eligible divisions
260
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.4% of votes cast
249
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
759
44.6% of votes cast
15
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

106
+9.0 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 650
Appearances
80
-17.0 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 650
194
+24.8 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
Contributions
573
+403.8 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£207,563
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£207,563
8% below average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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
41 of 42 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Housing
29 of 33 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
174 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API