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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Charlotte Nichols

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 Charlotte Nichols
Charlotte Nichols
Lab Warrington North

Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Charlotte Nichols voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 962 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 928 different votes 962 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
9 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 18% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 17 No
Energy 8% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 7% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
89 Aye 31 No
Migration 3% aligned 120 shared votes
27 Aye 93 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 34 No
Education 0% aligned 46 shared votes
34 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
32 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 44 shared votes
12 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 27 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 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
77.2%
5% above average
Rank 262 of 649
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,280
1,658 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
655
51.2% of votes cast
971
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
625
48.8% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

73
-10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650
Appearances
15
-68.6 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 650
90
-55.7 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 650
Contributions
17
-128.7 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,254,140
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£305,109
35% above average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Education
64 of 69 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
50 of 54 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
Energy
43 of 48 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#5
Defence
61 of 70 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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 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
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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