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Barry Gardiner vs Taiwo Owatemi

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 Taiwo Owatemi
Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West

Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 820 shared comparable votes.

817 same votes 3 different votes 820 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
86 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 113 shared votes
86 Aye 27 No
43 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 89 shared votes
43 Aye 46 No
21 Aye 55 No
Migration 100% aligned 76 shared votes
21 Aye 55 No
21 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 18 No
Trade 100% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 21 No
Benefits 92% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
86 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 113 shared votes
86 Aye 27 No
43 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 89 shared votes
43 Aye 46 No
21 Aye 55 No
Migration 100% aligned 76 shared votes
21 Aye 55 No
21 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 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 481 of 647
Participation
75.4 %
3 % above average
Rank 303 of 647
1,573
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,218
1,615 eligible divisions
881
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
648
53.2 % of votes cast
692
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8 % of votes cast
16
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
13
1.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

44
-22.2 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 650
Appearances
2
-64.2 vs Commons average
Rank 634 of 650
57
-60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
Contributions
2
-115.8 vs Commons average
Rank 630 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
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24 % above average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
Transport
74 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
#3
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
152 of 173 votes
Defence
50 of 64 votes
#5
Housing
45 of 53 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API