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Barry Gardiner vs Andy McDonald

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


Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Andy McDonald voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,377 shared comparable votes.

1,376 same votes 1 different votes 1,377 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
133 Aye 66 No
Tax 100% aligned 199 shared votes
133 Aye 66 No
98 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 166 shared votes
98 Aye 68 No
55 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 115 shared votes
55 Aye 60 No
24 Aye 73 No
Migration 100% aligned 97 shared votes
24 Aye 73 No
35 Aye 38 No
Transport 100% aligned 73 shared votes
35 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 22 No
Benefits 98% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
133 Aye 66 No
Tax 100% aligned 199 shared votes
133 Aye 66 No
98 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 166 shared votes
98 Aye 68 No
55 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 115 shared votes
55 Aye 60 No
24 Aye 73 No
Migration 100% aligned 97 shared votes
24 Aye 73 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
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
891
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
996
55.5% of votes cast
710
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
798
44.5% of votes cast
18
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

59
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 649
Appearances
90
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 649
97
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
120
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 272 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
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19% above average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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

Trade
77 of 91 votes
#1
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API