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Barry Gardiner vs Douglas McAllister

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


Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Douglas McAllister voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

318 same votes 5 different votes 323 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
48 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
48 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 13 No
Benefits 84% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 91% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
48 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
48 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 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
88.8%
17% above average
Rank 32 of 650
1,616
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
565
636 eligible divisions
902
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
280
49.6% of votes cast
714
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
285
50.4% of votes cast
18
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
17
3.0% 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
Rank 457 of 650
Appearances
125
+29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 650
93
-74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 650
Contributions
151
-16.1 vs Commons average
Rank 253 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
£142,257
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19% above average
Latest expenses
£142,257
37% below average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Transport
80 of 98 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 212 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
63 of 66 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API