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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Dr Simon Opher

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


Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Dr Simon Opher voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 328 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 321 different votes 328 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
35 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
51 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
51 Aye 35 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 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
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 202 of 649
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
590 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
223
47.3% of votes cast
971
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
248
52.7% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.5% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

72
-10.2 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Appearances
48
-34.2 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 649
89
-54.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Contributions
72
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 430 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
£204,255
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£204,255
10% below average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 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
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
Trade
7 of 7 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

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