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Barry Gardiner vs Luke Taylor

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 Luke Taylor
Luke Taylor
LD Sutton and Cheam

Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Luke Taylor voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 239 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 202 different votes 239 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
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 11 No
Benefits 38% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Energy 33% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 4 No
Housing 27% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
15 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 13 No
Defence 5% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

67.3%
4% below average
Rank 462 of 649
Participation
66.5%
5% below average
Rank 479 of 649
1,593
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
387
582 eligible divisions
890
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
215
55.6% of votes cast
703
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
172
44.4% of votes cast
16
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-23.0 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
Appearances
90
+10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 202 of 649
91
-48.4 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
Contributions
118
-21.4 vs Commons average
Rank 267 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
£179,501
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19% above average
Latest expenses
£179,501
21% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
#4
Education
42 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#5
Housing
26 of 31 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
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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Voting source Commons Votes API