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Emma Lewell vs Barry Gardiner

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

Photograph of Emma Lewell
Emma Lewell
Lab South Shields
vs
Photograph of Barry Gardiner
Barry Gardiner
Lab Brent West

Voting alignment

Emma Lewell and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,313 shared comparable votes.

1,302 same votes 11 different votes 1,313 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
124 Aye 67 No
Tax 100% aligned 191 shared votes
124 Aye 67 No
52 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 100 shared votes
52 Aye 48 No
19 Aye 63 No
Migration 100% aligned 82 shared votes
19 Aye 63 No
35 Aye 39 No
Trade 100% aligned 74 shared votes
35 Aye 39 No
35 Aye 37 No
Transport 100% aligned 72 shared votes
35 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 94% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
89 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 148 shared votes
85 Aye 63 No
20 Aye 18 No
Benefits 97% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
124 Aye 67 No
Tax 100% aligned 191 shared votes
124 Aye 67 No
52 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 100 shared votes
52 Aye 48 No

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

Voting record

70.7%
2% below average
Rank 405 of 650
Participation
66.6%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 650
1,700
2,404 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,404 eligible divisions
941
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
759
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
36
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
13 years, 5 months
Since 2 May 2013
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

74
-13.8 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 650
Appearances
55
-32.8 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 650
78
-75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 650
Contributions
91
-62.1 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,461,712
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£300,553
33% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
5
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

Foreign Affairs
75 of 81 votes
#1
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#2
Trade
77 of 94 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Trade
77 of 94 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 16 Jun 2021
Aye
No rebel
Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No.2) 25 Mar 2021
Aye
Aye rebel
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill: Programme Motion 20 Dec 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye rebel
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill: Second Reading 20 Dec 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye rebel
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye rebel
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sept 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No rebel
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Nick Boles's motion D (Common Market 2.0) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Margaret Beckett's motion M (Confirmatory public vote) 27 Mar 2019
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API