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Kate Dearden vs Sir Gavin Williamson

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

Photograph of Kate Dearden
Kate Dearden
Lab Halifax
vs
Photograph of Sir Gavin Williamson
Sir Gavin Williamson
Con Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

Voting alignment

Kate Dearden and Sir Gavin Williamson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 319 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 314 different votes 319 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
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
53 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
29 Aye 53 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
29 Aye 53 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
4 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

84.8%
12% above average
Rank 94 of 650
Participation
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 238 of 650
535
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,417 eligible divisions
262
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
904
47.8% of votes cast
273
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
989
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

111
+16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 650
Appearances
108
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 650
340
+175.5 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 650
Contributions
128
-36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£175,203
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
£175,203
23% below average
Latest expenses
£278,816
23% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
5 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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
201 of 212 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Transport
86 of 98 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Trade
81 of 94 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#5
Housing
57 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
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
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