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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Dr Beccy Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Dr Beccy Cooper voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 301 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 294 different votes 301 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
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
47 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
47 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 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
74.1%
1% above average
Rank 332 of 649
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
437
590 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
51.3% of votes cast
971
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
213
48.7% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

72
-9.8 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Appearances
45
-36.8 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 649
89
-53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Contributions
64
-78.7 vs Commons average
Rank 461 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
£235,147
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£235,147
4% above average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
10
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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#5

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