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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Heidi Alexander

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 Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 501 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 491 different votes 501 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
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 13 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 3 No
Migration 9% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 9 No
Energy 7% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 64 No
Tax 0% aligned 96 shared votes
64 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 52 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 63 shared votes
52 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 29 No
Education 0% aligned 43 shared votes
29 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

78.3 %
5 % above average
Rank 239 of 647
Participation
62.7 %
10 % below average
Rank 550 of 647
1,826
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
343
547 eligible divisions
873
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
161
46.9 % of votes cast
953
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
182
53.1 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-7.0 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
56
-11.0 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 649
68
-51.1 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 649
Contributions
443
+323.9 vs Commons average
Rank 19 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23 % above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21 % below average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
11 of 11 votes
Migration
154 of 169 votes
#2
Transport
24 of 25 votes
Transport
80 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Housing
57 of 66 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
5 of 6 votes
Trade
75 of 88 votes
#5
Energy
14 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
Electoral Commission 23 Jan 2018
Aye
Aye
Draft Sovereign Grant 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017 15 Mar 2017
Aye
No
Opposition Motion: Chilcot Inquiry and parliamentary accountability 30 Nov 2016
No
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Aye
Investigatory Powers Bill Third Reading 7 Jun 2016
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety
Aye
Aye
HS2: report stage: Third Reading 23 Mar 2016
Aye
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