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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Taiwo Owatemi

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

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Sir Gavin Williamson
Con Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
vs
Photograph of Taiwo Owatemi
Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West

Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 841 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 799 different votes 841 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
7 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 21% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 7% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 12 No
Energy 6% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
63 Aye 33 No
Migration 4% aligned 96 shared votes
29 Aye 67 No
54 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 98 shared votes
42 Aye 56 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 40 shared votes
12 Aye 28 No
8 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
32 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 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
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 649
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,237
1,658 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
659
53.3% of votes cast
971
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
578
46.7% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
Appearances
5
-77.3 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 649
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 649
Contributions
5
-138.5 vs Commons average
Rank 629 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
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
152 of 174 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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