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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Ian Lavery

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 Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Ian Lavery voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,471 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 1,406 different votes 1,471 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
11 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 21 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
60 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 166 shared votes
106 Aye 60 No
69 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 129 shared votes
59 Aye 70 No
16 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 69 shared votes
34 Aye 35 No
33 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
32 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
32 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
971
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

73
-10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
Appearances
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
90
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 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
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