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Barry Gardiner vs Ed Davey

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 Ed Davey
Ed Davey
LD Kingston and Surbiton

Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Ed Davey voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 960 shared comparable votes.

813 same votes 147 different votes 960 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
80 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 140 shared votes
80 Aye 60 No
4 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
24 Aye 57 No
Migration 95% aligned 81 shared votes
24 Aye 57 No
18 Aye 30 No
Trade 94% aligned 48 shared votes
17 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 45% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 4 No
Education 50% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 5 No
Housing 53% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
86 Aye 35 No
Tax 69% aligned 121 shared votes
75 Aye 46 No
12 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 71% aligned 31 shared votes
5 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

67.4%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 649
Participation
60.2%
12% below average
Rank 574 of 649
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,276
2,121 eligible divisions
891
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
715
56.0% of votes cast
710
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
561
44.0% of votes cast
18
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.6% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

59
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 649
Appearances
65
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
97
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
108
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19% above average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
11
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
170 of 188 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 63 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 163 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
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
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
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