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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Ben Maguire

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


Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Ben Maguire voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 251 shared comparable votes.

191 same votes 60 different votes 251 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
8 Aye 19 No
Education 96% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 36 No
Tax 94% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
5 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 8 No
Defence 86% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
1 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 86% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 50% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
16 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 61% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 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
60.3%
12% below average
Rank 571 of 649
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
356
590 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
54.5% of votes cast
971
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
162
45.5% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% 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
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 649
Contributions
113
-30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 296 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
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21% below average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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