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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Apsana Begum voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 900 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 848 different votes 900 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
12 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 15% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 22 No
Housing 7% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
58 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 106 shared votes
49 Aye 57 No
6 Aye 15 No
Energy 5% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 14 No
Trade 0% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 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
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
971
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 649
Contributions
92
-51.5 vs Commons average
Rank 361 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
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API