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Graham Stringer vs Sir Gavin Williamson

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

Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South
vs
Photograph of Sir Gavin Williamson
Sir Gavin Williamson
Con Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Sir Gavin Williamson voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 1,109 shared comparable votes.

132 same votes 977 different votes 1,109 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
43 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 64% aligned 103 shared votes
38 Aye 65 No
20 Aye 35 No
Transport 9% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 22 No
Defence 7% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 22 No
Trade 6% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 10 No
Benefits 6% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

57.7%
15% below average
Rank 592 of 649
Participation
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 233 of 649
1,370
2,373 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,858
2,373 eligible divisions
685
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
47.8% of votes cast
685
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
969
52.2% of votes cast
113
8.2% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

55
-25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 649
Appearances
72
-8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
43
-97.6 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 649
Contributions
89
-51.6 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29% below average
Latest expenses
£278,816
23% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
1
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

Migration
123 of 171 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#3
Transport
83 of 95 votes
Housing
44 of 66 votes
#4
Housing
57 of 66 votes
Defence
47 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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 Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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