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Barry Gardiner vs Neil O'Brien

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 Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,224 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,178 different votes 1,224 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
81 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 145 shared votes
65 Aye 80 No
51 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 114 shared votes
64 Aye 50 No
29 Aye 31 No
Transport 3% aligned 60 shared votes
33 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 18 No
Benefits 3% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 479 of 648
Participation
85.2 %
12 % above average
Rank 107 of 648
1,568
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,752
2,057 eligible divisions
880
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
860
49.1 % of votes cast
688
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
892
50.9 % of votes cast
16
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 648
Appearances
31
-29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 648
62
-46.9 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 648
Contributions
36
-72.9 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38 % above average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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
76 of 88 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Transport
74 of 87 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 43 votes
Defence
50 of 59 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
55 of 59 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 84 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
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