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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Oliver Ryan

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 Oliver Ryan
Oliver Ryan
Lab Burnley

Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Oliver Ryan voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 319 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 311 different votes 319 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
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
35 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
52 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
52 Aye 35 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 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
82.0%
9% above average
Rank 157 of 649
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
590 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
227
46.9% of votes cast
971
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
257
53.1% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
Appearances
36
-46.3 vs Commons average
Rank 521 of 649
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 649
Contributions
43
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 533 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
£234,505
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£234,505
4% above average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Education
48 of 50 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
Transport
27 of 29 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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