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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Valerie Vaz

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 Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich

Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,466 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 1,393 different votes 1,466 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
13 Aye 22 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 25 No
Energy 5% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
66 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 172 shared votes
106 Aye 66 No
17 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 70 shared votes
32 Aye 38 No
33 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
32 Aye 33 No
20 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
971
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
Appearances
29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 649
Contributions
14
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 616 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 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
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
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
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
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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