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Steve Race vs Alison McGovern

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

Photograph of Steve Race
Steve Race
Lab Exeter
vs
Photograph of Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead

Voting alignment

Steve Race and Alison McGovern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 336 shared comparable votes.

336 same votes 0 different votes 336 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
35 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
35 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
35 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

85.8%
13% above average
Rank 79 of 649
Participation
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
506
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
269
53.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
922
55.4% of votes cast
237
46.8% of votes cast
No votes
741
44.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

98
+14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650
Appearances
63
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 650
115
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 650
Contributions
430
+284.3 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,803
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£194,803
14% below average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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