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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Bill Esterson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,367 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,299 different votes 1,367 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 22 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 26 No
Energy 8% aligned 39 shared votes
29 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 21 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
56 Aye 102 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 158 shared votes
102 Aye 56 No
66 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 123 shared votes
56 Aye 67 No
Most different by topic
65 Aye 127 No
Tax 0% aligned 192 shared votes
127 Aye 65 No
32 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
30 Aye 32 No
30 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
31 Aye 19 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
971
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 407 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
50 of 56 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API