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Grahame Morris vs Barry Gardiner

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

Photograph of Grahame Morris
Grahame Morris
Lab Easington
vs
Photograph of Barry Gardiner
Barry Gardiner
Lab Brent West

Voting alignment

Grahame Morris and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,355 shared comparable votes.

1,346 same votes 9 different votes 1,355 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
132 Aye 65 No
Tax 100% aligned 197 shared votes
132 Aye 65 No
24 Aye 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 99 shared votes
24 Aye 75 No
29 Aye 34 No
Transport 100% aligned 63 shared votes
29 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 24 No
Defence 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 26 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 23 No
Benefits 98% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
33 Aye 38 No
Trade 99% aligned 71 shared votes
34 Aye 37 No
91 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 155 shared votes
89 Aye 66 No
50 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 107 shared votes
51 Aye 56 No

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

Voting record

75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 320 of 647
Participation
67.5 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 647
1,742
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,568
2,323 eligible divisions
949
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
880
56.1 % of votes cast
793
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
688
43.9 % of votes cast
31
1.8 % of votes cast
Against party
16
1.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

24
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 548 of 647
Appearances
45
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 647
29
-84.8 vs Commons average
Rank 556 of 647
Contributions
59
-54.8 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,919,746
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£302,235
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
3
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

Defence
54 of 59 votes
#1
Trade
76 of 88 votes
Migration
148 of 169 votes
#2
Defence
50 of 59 votes
NHS / Health
49 of 56 votes
#3
Transport
74 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 75 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
55 of 66 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 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
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye rebel
Sittings of the House 30 Dec 2020
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
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
No rebel
Mr Clarke's motion J (Customs union) 27 Mar 2019
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
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
Aye
Aye
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
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