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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Alison Bennett

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


Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Alison Bennett voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 283 shared comparable votes.

217 same votes 66 different votes 283 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
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 19 No
Education 97% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 50 No
Tax 96% aligned 75 shared votes
28 Aye 47 No
5 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 85% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
16 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 65% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
Participation
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 392 of 649
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
422
590 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
226
53.6% of votes cast
971
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
196
46.4% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
Appearances
135
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 649
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 649
Contributions
157
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£141,775
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£141,775
37% below average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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

Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
#1
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#5
Education
40 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API