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Barry Gardiner vs Saqib Bhatti

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 Saqib Bhatti
Saqib Bhatti
Con Meriden and Solihull East

Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 868 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 832 different votes 868 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
19 Aye 66 No
Migration 5% aligned 85 shared votes
62 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 6 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
38 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 94 shared votes
53 Aye 41 No
13 Aye 23 No
Transport 3% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 32 shared votes
15 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
81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 174 of 648
1,568
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,305
1,594 eligible divisions
880
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
643
49.3 % of votes cast
688
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
662
50.7 % of votes cast
16
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 648
Appearances
62
+1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 648
62
-46.9 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 648
Contributions
86
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20 % above average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Transport
74 of 87 votes
#2
Trade
47 of 50 votes
Defence
50 of 59 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 152 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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 Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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
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