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Barry Gardiner vs Helena Dollimore

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


Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Helena Dollimore voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 299 shared comparable votes.

289 same votes 10 different votes 299 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
45 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
45 Aye 30 No
18 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 13 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 10 No
Benefits 86% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
45 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
45 Aye 30 No
18 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 13 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 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
78.6%
6% above average
Rank 231 of 650
1,616
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
500
636 eligible divisions
902
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
241
48.2% of votes cast
714
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
259
51.8% of votes cast
18
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6% 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
93
-4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 650
91
-78.2 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 650
Contributions
110
-59.2 vs Commons average
Rank 367 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
£222,164
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19% above average
Latest expenses
£222,164
2% below average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 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

Trade
77 of 94 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Transport
80 of 98 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 212 votes
#4
Transport
29 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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