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Jayne Kirkham vs Alison McGovern

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

Photograph of Jayne Kirkham
Jayne Kirkham
Lab Truro and Falmouth
vs
Photograph of Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead

Voting alignment

Jayne Kirkham and Alison McGovern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 329 shared comparable votes.

329 same votes 0 different votes 329 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
33 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

82.5%
10% above average
Rank 144 of 649
Participation
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
487
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
245
50.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
922
55.4% of votes cast
242
49.7% of votes cast
No votes
741
44.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

219
+135.4 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650
Appearances
63
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 650
266
+120.3 vs Commons average
Rank 79 of 650
Contributions
430
+284.3 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£143,536
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£143,536
37% below average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API