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Barry Gardiner vs Alan Mak

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

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Barry Gardiner
Lab Brent West
vs
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Alan Mak
Con Havant

Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Alan Mak voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,352 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 1,287 different votes 1,352 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
96 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 160 shared votes
64 Aye 96 No
24 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 72 No
Migration 4% aligned 94 shared votes
70 Aye 24 No
58 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 124 shared votes
67 Aye 57 No
9 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
128 Aye 62 No
Tax 0% aligned 190 shared votes
62 Aye 128 No
21 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 14 No
Benefits 0% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

67.4%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,027
2,376 eligible divisions
891
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
960
47.4% of votes cast
710
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,067
52.6% of votes cast
18
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

58
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
Appearances
24
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 649
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
Contributions
27
-116.5 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19% above average
Latest expenses
£292,278
29% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
23
7 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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

Trade
77 of 91 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#5
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
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
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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