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Sir Gavin Williamson vs John McDonnell

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


Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and John McDonnell voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,495 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,432 different votes 1,495 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
13 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 24 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 46 No
Education 5% aligned 63 shared votes
43 Aye 20 No
66 Aye 104 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 170 shared votes
103 Aye 67 No
78 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 129 shared votes
52 Aye 77 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 67 shared votes
34 Aye 33 No
38 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 66 shared votes
28 Aye 38 No
25 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
33 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 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
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
971
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
860
45.7% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

73
-10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
Appearances
128
+44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
90
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 649
Contributions
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 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
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API