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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Catherine McKinnell

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 Catherine McKinnell
Catherine McKinnell
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne North

Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Catherine McKinnell voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,337 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,271 different votes 1,337 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 17 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 22 No
Energy 6% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
34 Aye 26 No
Trade 5% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
16 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 32 No
Housing 0% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
27 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
68.2%
4% below average
Rank 458 of 649
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,621
2,376 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
54.8% of votes cast
971
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
733
45.2% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
17
1.0% 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
34
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 649
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 649
Contributions
70
-73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 444 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
£2,918,801
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£312,180
38% above average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 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
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#5
Defence
55 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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