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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Rachel Blake

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


Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Rachel Blake voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 315 different votes 323 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 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
56 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
56 Aye 29 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 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
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 136 of 649
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
489
590 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
51.5% of votes cast
971
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
237
48.5% 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
-10.2 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Appearances
67
-15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 649
89
-54.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Contributions
89
-54.3 vs Commons average
Rank 370 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
£172,923
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£172,923
24% below average
11
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

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