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Barry Gardiner vs Christine Jardine

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

Photograph of Barry Gardiner
Barry Gardiner
Lab Brent West
vs
Photograph of Christine Jardine
Christine Jardine
LD Edinburgh West

Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Christine Jardine voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 1,043 shared comparable votes.

869 same votes 174 different votes 1,043 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
81 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 147 shared votes
81 Aye 66 No
3 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 2 No
Housing 100% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 No
22 Aye 63 No
Migration 96% aligned 85 shared votes
23 Aye 62 No
24 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 35% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
32 Aye 7 No
Education 44% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
95 Aye 40 No
Tax 67% aligned 135 shared votes
85 Aye 50 No
24 Aye 20 No
Defence 68% aligned 44 shared votes
30 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 71% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 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
66.4 %
6 % below average
Rank 494 of 649
1,589
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,398
2,106 eligible divisions
889
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
779
55.7 % of votes cast
700
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
619
44.3 % of votes cast
16
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

55
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 650
Appearances
145
+67.1 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650
88
-50.3 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 650
Contributions
147
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 185 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
£1,941,958
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£318,822
41 % above average
13
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
16
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
176 of 188 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 163 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 46 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
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