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Rachael Maskell vs Sir Gavin Williamson

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

Photograph of Rachael Maskell
Rachael Maskell
Lab York Central
vs
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Sir Gavin Williamson
Con Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

Voting alignment

Rachael Maskell and Sir Gavin Williamson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,591 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 1,516 different votes 1,591 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
26 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 20 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
67 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 145 shared votes
79 Aye 66 No
39 Aye 106 No
Migration 3% aligned 145 shared votes
103 Aye 42 No
107 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 177 shared votes
68 Aye 109 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
34 Aye 34 No
33 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
25 Aye 33 No
32 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
19 Aye 32 No
26 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 15 No
Energy 0% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

84.0%
11% above average
Rank 113 of 649
Participation
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
1,995
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
1,083
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
47.8% of votes cast
912
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
971
52.2% of votes cast
47
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

253
+170.7 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
307
+163.5 vs Commons average
Rank 54 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

£1,927,153
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
£256,869
14% above average
Latest expenses
£278,816
23% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
9
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

Education
91 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Transport
83 of 95 votes
Transport
89 of 95 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 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: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 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
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