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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Brian Mathew

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


Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Brian Mathew voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 257 shared comparable votes.

205 same votes 52 different votes 257 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
24 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
24 Aye 38 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 18 No
Education 96% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 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
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
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
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 60% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 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
65.8%
7% below average
Rank 505 of 649
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
388
590 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
50.5% of votes cast
971
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
192
49.5% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.4% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

73
-10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 649
90
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 649
Contributions
92
-53.9 vs Commons average
Rank 364 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
£157,740
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£157,740
30% below average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#4
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#5
Benefits
25 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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