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John McDonnell vs Sir Gavin Williamson

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

Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington
vs
Photograph of Sir Gavin Williamson
Sir Gavin Williamson
Con Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Sir Gavin Williamson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,495 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,432 different votes 1,495 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
25 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
43 Aye 20 No
Education 5% aligned 63 shared votes
17 Aye 46 No
103 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 170 shared votes
66 Aye 104 No
52 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 129 shared votes
78 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
28 Aye 38 No
Transport 0% aligned 66 shared votes
38 Aye 28 No
33 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
25 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
Participation
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
47.8% of votes cast
860
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
971
52.2% of votes cast
24
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

128
+44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
Appearances
73
-10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
Contributions
90
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19% above average
Latest expenses
£278,816
23% above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
5 registered categories
7
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Transport
83 of 95 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 91 votes
Defence
63 of 71 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
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 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 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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu 10 Jun 2025
Digital / Online Safety
No
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