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Helen Grant vs Barry Gardiner

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

Photograph of Helen Grant
Helen Grant
Con Maidstone and Malling
vs
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Barry Gardiner
Lab Brent West

Voting alignment

Helen Grant and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,230 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 1,168 different votes 1,230 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
5 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No
69 Aye 92 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 161 shared votes
94 Aye 67 No
47 Aye 25 No
Migration 6% aligned 72 shared votes
21 Aye 51 No
13 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
55 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 93 shared votes
38 Aye 55 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 16 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

73.7%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 649
Participation
67.4%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 649
1,751
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
826
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
925
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

16
-66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 649
Appearances
58
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
27
-116.5 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
Contributions
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,650,269
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£276,159
22% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
13
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

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#2
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Digital / Online Safety
54 of 60 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Devolution / Local Government
55 of 66 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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