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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Stephen Doughty

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 Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth

Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Stephen Doughty voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,286 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 1,212 different votes 1,286 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
11 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 15 No
Energy 7% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 17 No
Benefits 7% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 17 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 21 shared votes
18 Aye 3 No
65 Aye 96 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 161 shared votes
94 Aye 67 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
19 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
906
57.3% of votes cast
971
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.7% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
19
1.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
Appearances
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 649
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 649
Contributions
349
+205.5 vs Commons average
Rank 46 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
£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£294,894
30% above average
11
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
177 of 211 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
Defence
55 of 71 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 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
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
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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