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Barry Gardiner vs Chris Hinchliff

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


Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Chris Hinchliff voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 334 shared comparable votes.

325 same votes 9 different votes 334 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
43 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
43 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 13 No
Benefits 95% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
43 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
43 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

66.7%
6% below average
Rank 480 of 650
Participation
85.7%
13% above average
Rank 75 of 650
1,616
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
545
636 eligible divisions
902
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
276
50.6% of votes cast
714
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
269
49.4% of votes cast
18
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.2% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-41.0 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 650
Appearances
140
+43.0 vs Commons average
Rank 114 of 650
91
-78.2 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 650
Contributions
163
-6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 226 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
£174,907
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19% above average
Latest expenses
£174,907
23% below average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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 94 votes
#1
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
Transport
80 of 98 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 212 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

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