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Lisa Smart vs Sir Gavin Williamson

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

Photograph of Lisa Smart
Lisa Smart
LD Hazel Grove
vs
Photograph of Sir Gavin Williamson
Sir Gavin Williamson
Con Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Sir Gavin Williamson voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 243 shared comparable votes.

193 same votes 50 different votes 243 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
10 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 40 No
Tax 96% aligned 68 shared votes
25 Aye 43 No
8 Aye 3 No
Transport 91% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 86% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 53% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

66.1 %
7 % below average
Rank 502 of 650
Participation
78.3 %
6 % above average
Rank 237 of 650
372
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,840
2,349 eligible divisions
203
54.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
880
47.8 % of votes cast
169
45.4 % of votes cast
No votes
960
52.2 % of votes cast
2
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

151
+80.1 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 650
Appearances
63
-7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 299 of 650
209
+83.2 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 650
Contributions
71
-54.8 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£239,061
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6 % above average
Latest expenses
£278,816
23 % above average
22
4 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
2
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#2
Migration
154 of 169 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Transport
83 of 95 votes
Education
42 of 49 votes
#4
Housing
57 of 66 votes
Defence
27 of 33 votes
#5
Trade
76 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
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