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Jayne Kirkham vs Sir Gavin Williamson

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 Sir Gavin Williamson
Sir Gavin Williamson
Con Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

Voting alignment

Jayne Kirkham and Sir Gavin Williamson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 329 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 323 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
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
50 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
30 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
30 Aye 50 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
8 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 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
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
487
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
245
50.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
47.8% of votes cast
242
49.7% of votes cast
No votes
971
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

207
+125.3 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649
Appearances
72
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
252
+109.8 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 649
Contributions
89
-53.2 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£143,536
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
£143,536
37% below average
Latest expenses
£278,816
23% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Transport
83 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 91 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#5
Housing
57 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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