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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Peter Dowd

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
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Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Peter Dowd voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,344 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,285 different votes 1,344 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
10 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
48 Aye 38 No
Migration 6% aligned 86 shared votes
35 Aye 51 No
14 Aye 26 No
Energy 5% aligned 40 shared votes
28 Aye 12 No
63 Aye 101 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 164 shared votes
101 Aye 63 No
14 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 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
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
971
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

73
-10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
Appearances
41
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
90
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 649
Contributions
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 583 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
63 of 71 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
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: Third Reading 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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
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