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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Samantha Dixon

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 Samantha Dixon
Samantha Dixon
Lab Chester North and Neston

Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Samantha Dixon voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 506 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 488 different votes 506 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
3 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
26 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 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
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 341 of 649
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
735
999 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
361
49.1% of votes cast
971
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
374
50.9% 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
3 years, 10 months
Since 1 Dec 2022

Debates

73
-10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650
Appearances
75
-8.6 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
90
-55.7 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 650
Contributions
288
+142.3 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£667,714
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£311,379
38% above 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
Brexit / EU
11 of 11 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 50 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#4
Trade
20 of 23 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#5
Migration
83 of 97 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: 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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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
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
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