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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Mr Douglas Alexander

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


Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 154 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 152 different votes 154 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 4 No
Benefits 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
37 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
37 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

78.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 253 of 648
Participation
45.8 %
27 % below average
Rank 626 of 648
1,809
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
241
526 eligible divisions
860
47.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
109
45.2 % of votes cast
949
52.5 % of votes cast
No votes
132
54.8 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 0 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 648
Appearances
22
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 648
62
-46.9 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 648
Contributions
118
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23 % above average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59 % below average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
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
Trade
3 of 4 votes
Migration
154 of 169 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
Transport
77 of 87 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
4 of 6 votes
Housing
57 of 66 votes
#4
Work / Employment
23 of 37 votes
Trade
75 of 88 votes
#5
Tax
62 of 108 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API