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Liz Twist vs Sir Gavin Williamson

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

Photograph of Liz Twist
Liz Twist
Lab Blaydon and Consett
vs
Photograph of Sir Gavin Williamson
Sir Gavin Williamson
Con Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

Voting alignment

Liz Twist and Sir Gavin Williamson voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,250 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 1,177 different votes 1,250 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
17 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 9 No
Energy 9% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 19 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 6% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
48 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 115 shared votes
66 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
113 Aye 65 No
Tax 0% aligned 178 shared votes
65 Aye 113 No
30 Aye 36 No
Transport 0% aligned 66 shared votes
36 Aye 30 No
34 Aye 25 No
Trade 0% aligned 59 shared votes
25 Aye 34 No
28 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
31 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
19 Aye 31 No

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

Voting record

84.6%
12% above average
Rank 104 of 649
Participation
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
1,794
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
974
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
47.8% of votes cast
820
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
971
52.2% of votes cast
16
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

105
+22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
149
+5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 649
Contributions
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,878,627
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
£305,039
35% above average
Latest expenses
£278,816
23% above average
3
3 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

Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Housing
52 of 55 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 46 votes
#3
Transport
83 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 73 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 91 votes
Migration
149 of 163 votes
#5
Housing
57 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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