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Richard Burgon vs Sir Gavin Williamson

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

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Richard Burgon
Lab Leeds East
vs
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Sir Gavin Williamson
Con Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

Voting alignment

Richard Burgon and Sir Gavin Williamson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,519 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 1,444 different votes 1,519 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
27 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
106 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 173 shared votes
67 Aye 106 No
71 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 141 shared votes
72 Aye 69 No
10 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
42 Aye 21 No
Education 3% aligned 63 shared votes
21 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 38 No
Transport 0% aligned 70 shared votes
38 Aye 32 No
35 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 69 shared votes
34 Aye 35 No
33 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
25 Aye 33 No
32 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No
26 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

80.1%
7% above average
Rank 194 of 649
Participation
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
1,903
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
1,042
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
47.8% of votes cast
861
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
971
52.2% of votes cast
45
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

84
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
96
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 341 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

£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
£301,574
33% above average
Latest expenses
£278,816
23% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
8
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

Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Transport
83 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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