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Alison McGovern vs Barry Gardiner

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


Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,308 shared comparable votes.

1,294 same votes 14 different votes 1,308 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
121 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 181 shared votes
121 Aye 60 No
58 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 121 shared votes
58 Aye 63 No
27 Aye 66 No
Migration 100% aligned 93 shared votes
27 Aye 66 No
32 Aye 29 No
Transport 100% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
31 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 17 No
Benefits 93% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
34 Aye 33 No
Trade 97% aligned 67 shared votes
32 Aye 35 No
93 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 156 shared votes
94 Aye 62 No
121 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 181 shared votes
121 Aye 60 No
58 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 121 shared votes
58 Aye 63 No

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

Voting record

70.2%
2% below average
Rank 423 of 650
Participation
66.6%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 650
1,687
2,404 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,404 eligible divisions
932
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
755
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

68
-19.8 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 650
Appearances
55
-32.8 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 650
503
+349.9 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650
Contributions
91
-62.1 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 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

Foreign Affairs
70 of 81 votes
#1
Transport
78 of 95 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Trade
77 of 94 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API