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Barry Gardiner vs Jim McMahon

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


Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Jim McMahon voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,316 shared comparable votes.

1,311 same votes 5 different votes 1,316 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
125 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 189 shared votes
125 Aye 64 No
94 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 154 shared votes
94 Aye 60 No
51 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 105 shared votes
51 Aye 54 No
19 Aye 68 No
Migration 100% aligned 87 shared votes
19 Aye 68 No
33 Aye 33 No
Transport 100% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 21 No
Benefits 93% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
125 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 189 shared votes
125 Aye 64 No
94 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 154 shared votes
94 Aye 60 No
51 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 105 shared votes
51 Aye 54 No
19 Aye 68 No
Migration 100% aligned 87 shared votes
19 Aye 68 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
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 649
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
891
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
952
55.9% of votes cast
710
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
752
44.1% of votes cast
18
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
10 years, 10 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

59
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 649
Appearances
90
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 649
97
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
245
+99.1 vs Commons average
Rank 89 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
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19% above average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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 91 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API