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Barry Gardiner vs Mrs Kemi Badenoch

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 Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex

Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Mrs Kemi Badenoch voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,023 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 984 different votes 1,023 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
24 Aye 54 No
Migration 6% aligned 78 shared votes
51 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 4 No
Education 3% aligned 31 shared votes
5 Aye 26 No
75 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 131 shared votes
56 Aye 75 No
20 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 11 No
Energy 3% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 7 No
Benefits 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 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
66.7%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 649
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,415
2,121 eligible divisions
891
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
702
49.6% of votes cast
710
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
713
50.4% of votes cast
18
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

59
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 649
Appearances
66
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 649
97
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
277
+131.1 vs Commons average
Rank 69 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
£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19% above average
Latest expenses
£278,687
23% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
19
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
167 of 188 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#2
Trade
73 of 87 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#3
Migration
134 of 163 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
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