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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Alison McGovern

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

Photograph of Sir Gavin Williamson
Sir Gavin Williamson
Con Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
vs
Photograph of Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead

Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Alison McGovern voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,352 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,300 different votes 1,352 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
13 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 22 No
Energy 6% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 22 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
62 Aye 103 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 165 shared votes
101 Aye 64 No
16 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 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
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
922
55.4% of votes cast
971
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
741
44.6% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

73
-10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
Appearances
63
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 649
90
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 649
Contributions
430
+284.1 vs Commons average
Rank 29 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
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 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
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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