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Nigel Farage vs Alison McGovern

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

Photograph of Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton
vs
Photograph of Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead

Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Alison McGovern voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 116 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 106 different votes 116 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 4 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 1 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 3 No
Education 8% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 11 No
Tax 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
0 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

40.0%
33% below average
Rank 634 of 649
Participation
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
6
15 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
4
66.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
922
55.4% of votes cast
2
33.3% 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
1 months
Since 13 Aug 2026
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

13
-69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 614 of 649
Appearances
64
-18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
15
-127.9 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 649
Contributions
431
+288.1 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£162,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£162,580
28% below average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
35
7 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

Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
No topic data
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
No topic data
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
No topic data
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
No topic data
#5
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34 18 Mar 2025
Education
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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