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Jo White vs Alison McGovern

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

Photograph of Jo White
Jo White
Lab Bassetlaw
vs
Photograph of Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead

Voting alignment

Jo White and Alison McGovern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 331 shared comparable votes.

331 same votes 0 different votes 331 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
29 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
29 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
29 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

81.7%
9% above average
Rank 166 of 649
Participation
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
482
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
230
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
922
55.4% of votes cast
252
52.3% 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

56
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 650
Appearances
63
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 650
70
-75.7 vs Commons average
Rank 445 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

£174,166
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£174,166
23% below average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
8
3 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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Education
46 of 50 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 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
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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