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Barry Gardiner vs Matt Vickers

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 Matt Vickers
Matt Vickers
Con Stockton West

Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Matt Vickers voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 865 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 829 different votes 865 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
21 Aye 60 No
Migration 5% aligned 81 shared votes
56 Aye 25 No
35 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 91 shared votes
56 Aye 35 No
19 Aye 6 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 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
78.5%
6% above average
Rank 229 of 649
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,302
1,658 eligible divisions
891
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
624
47.9% of votes cast
710
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
678
52.1% of votes cast
18
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

59
-24.6 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 650
Appearances
99
+15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 650
97
-48.7 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 650
Contributions
188
+42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 150 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
£1,218,799
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19% above average
Latest expenses
£295,321
31% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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 91 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#2
Trade
48 of 53 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
56 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
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
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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