Alison McGovern
Born
1980
Clatterbridge
School
Wirral Grammar School for Girls
State grammar
University
University College London
In office
2.3 years
Longer than 32% of ministers
OfficeOther workEducation
In government
AB
Appointed by Andy Burnham
1 post · 2026–now
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Minister of State, DHSC
KS
Appointed by Keir Starmer
2 posts · 2024–2026
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Minister for Local Government and Homelessness
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Minister for Employment
Career
Before Parliament 5
Voting record
1,663
votes since 2016
1
votes against their own party, 0.1% of 1,635 whipped votes
0
rebellions as a minister, from 377 votes
28
free votes, with no party line
Share of whipped votes cast against their own party
Whipped votes by year
With their partyAgainst
Votes by topic
With their partyAgainst
Free votes their own view
- Aye
- Aye
- Aye
- No
- No
- No
- No
- Aye
- AyeTobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading2024-04-16
- No
- Aye
- Aye
Votes against their party latest 1
- NoEuropean Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading2017-02-08 · Brexit & EU
Read the full voting transcript (1,663 votes)
Commons and Lords votes since 2016. Topics are assigned from division titles by keyword rules.
Bills sponsored
2
private member's bills, 2 as lead sponsor
0
of them became law
Private member's bills 2
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Went no further than first reading
Political Party Policy Costings (Office for Budget Responsibility) Bill2014 · Private member's bill (ten-minute rule)
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Went no further than first reading
Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 (Amendment) Bill2010 · Private member's bill (ten-minute rule)
Taken from Parliament's own records of bills. A government bill carries the name of the minister who introduces it, so it says which brief they held, not that they wrote it. Private member's bills are the ones MPs and peers bring forward themselves, and very few become law.