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Barry Gardiner vs Rebecca Paul

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


Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 224 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 211 different votes 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 2 No
Benefits 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
30 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
18 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
18 Aye 30 No
16 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 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
78.8%
6% above average
Rank 226 of 649
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
590 eligible divisions
891
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
209
44.9% of votes cast
710
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
256
55.1% of votes cast
18
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
Appearances
103
+20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 649
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
Contributions
150
+6.5 vs Commons average
Rank 203 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
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19% above average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
4 of 4 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API