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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.


Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 832 shared comparable votes.

829 same votes 3 different votes 832 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 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 116 shared votes
86 Aye 30 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
22 Aye 23 No
Defence 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 28 No
Transport 100% aligned 39 shared votes
11 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 21 No
Benefits 92% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
86 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 116 shared votes
86 Aye 30 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
22 Aye 23 No
Defence 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

66.5%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 650
Participation
74.2%
2% above average
Rank 327 of 650
1,601
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,253
1,688 eligible divisions
891
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
53.2% of votes cast
710
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
587
46.8% of votes cast
18
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

55
-38.0 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
Appearances
4
-89.0 vs Commons average
Rank 632 of 650
91
-71.0 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 650
Contributions
4
-158.0 vs Commons average
Rank 629 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
13
5 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
77 of 94 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Transport
78 of 96 votes
#2
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
156 of 178 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 212 votes
#4
Work / Employment
59 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API