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Barry Gardiner vs Aphra Brandreth

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


Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Aphra Brandreth voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 219 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 213 different votes 219 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
9 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 18% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 4 No
Benefits 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
31 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
1 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

67.3 %
5 % below average
Rank 474 of 649
Participation
65.7 %
7 % below average
Rank 506 of 649
1,589
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
378
575 eligible divisions
889
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
177
46.8 % of votes cast
700
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
201
53.2 % of votes cast
16
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.4 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

55
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 650
Appearances
80
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
88
-50.3 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 650
Contributions
90
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£250,031
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,031
11 % above average
13
4 registered categories
Registered interests
12
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

Trade
77 of 91 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#2
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
8 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
#4
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#5
Tax
79 of 111 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API