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How Alison McGovern votes

Alison McGovern voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 175 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteForFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateForFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
7 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

No interests are currently registered for Alison McGovern.

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Alison McGovern has not asked any written questions in the last 12 months. Government ministers cannot ask them, so this can simply reflect an MP’s role.

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£4,575
Office costs · claims for running an office£3,978
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£597

16 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Alison McGovern represents Birkenhead. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Alison McGovern

Labour

MAJORITY
13,798

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
55%

of people who could vote did

Alison McGovern won with 52% of the votes, and Jo Bird (Green Party) came second with 20%.

Votes for each party

Labour52% · 22,468
Green Party20% · 8,670
Reform UK14% · 6,142
Conservative8% · 3,238
Liberal Democrat5% · 2,292
Freedom Alliance1% · 324
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Alison McGovernLabour22,46852.1%
Jo BirdGreen Party8,67020.1%
Tony StanleyReform UK6,14214.2%
Sarah PayneConservative3,2387.5%
Stuart KellyLiberal Democrat2,2925.3%
Catherine EvansFreedom Alliance3240.8%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£661 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
4.7%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
This MPParty average
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Source: Commons Votes API

This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this