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Barry Gardiner vs Chris Ward
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Barry Gardiner and Chris Ward voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.
277 same votes
7 different votes
284 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
66.7%
6% below average
Participation
72.6%
same as average
1,616
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
462
636 eligible divisions
902
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
52.8% of votes cast
714
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
218
47.2% of votes cast
18
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
57
-38.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
83
-12.9 vs Commons average
93
-74.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
238
+70.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,111
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19% above average
Latest expenses
£203,111
10% below average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
No
No
rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API