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Dan Tomlinson vs Barry Gardiner

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


Voting alignment

Dan Tomlinson and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 245 shared comparable votes.

241 same votes 4 different votes 245 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
43 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
43 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 11 No
Benefits 82% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
43 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
43 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

62.1%
10% below average
Rank 553 of 650
Participation
66.7%
6% below average
Rank 480 of 650
395
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,616
2,422 eligible divisions
197
49.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
902
55.8% of votes cast
198
50.1% of votes cast
No votes
714
44.2% of votes cast
6
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

95
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 650
Appearances
57
-38.9 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 650
502
+334.9 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 650
Contributions
93
-74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£225,538
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£225,538
same as average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
12
5 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
9 of 10 votes
#1
Trade
77 of 94 votes
Transport
27 of 32 votes
#2
Transport
80 of 98 votes
Housing
27 of 33 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 212 votes
Defence
26 of 34 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API