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Barry Gardiner vs James Murray

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


Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and James Murray voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 919 shared comparable votes.

905 same votes 14 different votes 919 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
97 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 144 shared votes
97 Aye 47 No
42 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 92 shared votes
42 Aye 50 No
22 Aye 58 No
Migration 100% aligned 80 shared votes
22 Aye 58 No
24 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 19 No
Benefits 91% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
97 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 144 shared votes
97 Aye 47 No
42 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 92 shared votes
42 Aye 50 No
22 Aye 58 No
Migration 100% aligned 80 shared votes
22 Aye 58 No
24 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 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 487 of 650
Participation
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 339 of 650
1,611
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,252
1,699 eligible divisions
899
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
53.0% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
588
47.0% 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
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

57
-37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
Appearances
106
+11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 650
93
-71.6 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 650
Contributions
784
+619.4 vs Commons average
Rank 8 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
Transport
80 of 98 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 63 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 212 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API