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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Paul Davies

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 Paul Davies
Paul Davies
Lab Colne Valley

Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Paul Davies voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 378 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 371 different votes 378 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
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 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
21 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
35 Aye 58 No
Tax 0% aligned 93 shared votes
58 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 58 No
Tax 0% aligned 93 shared votes
58 Aye 35 No
8 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 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
94.2%
22% above average
Rank 2 of 649
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
556
590 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
284
51.1% of votes cast
971
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
272
48.9% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

73
-10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
Appearances
46
-37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
90
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 649
Contributions
55
-90.9 vs Commons average
Rank 488 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
£194,533
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£194,533
14% below average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#4
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#5
Benefits
30 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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