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Barry Gardiner vs Olivia Blake

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


Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Olivia Blake voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 942 shared comparable votes.

928 same votes 14 different votes 942 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
84 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 131 shared votes
84 Aye 47 No
38 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 94 shared votes
38 Aye 56 No
14 Aye 30 No
Transport 100% aligned 44 shared votes
14 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
31 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
31 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 18 No
Benefits 97% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 66 No
Migration 98% aligned 89 shared votes
25 Aye 64 No
84 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 131 shared votes
84 Aye 47 No
38 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 94 shared votes
38 Aye 56 No
14 Aye 30 No
Transport 100% aligned 44 shared votes
14 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

66.6%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 650
Participation
74.2%
2% above average
Rank 327 of 650
1,601
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,252
1,687 eligible divisions
891
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
655
52.3% of votes cast
710
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
597
47.7% of votes cast
18
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

55
-33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 650
Appearances
35
-53.8 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
91
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 650
Contributions
39
-115.6 vs Commons average
Rank 562 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
£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19% above average
Latest expenses
£300,839
33% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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 94 votes
#1
Education
66 of 69 votes
Transport
78 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#3
Work / Employment
59 of 70 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 212 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 154 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes
#5
Transport
53 of 65 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API