Compare

Lisa Smart vs Barry Gardiner

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 236 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 197 different votes 236 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
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 56% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 3 No
Housing 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 5 No
Benefits 36% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
25 Aye 28 No
Tax 6% aligned 53 shared votes
31 Aye 22 No
1 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 15 shared votes
15 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

66.3%
7% below average
Rank 497 of 649
Participation
67.4%
5% below average
Rank 475 of 649
384
579 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,593
2,365 eligible divisions
209
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
890
55.9% of votes cast
175
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
703
44.1% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

163
+84.2 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 649
Appearances
56
-22.8 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 649
228
+90.5 vs Commons average
Rank 101 of 649
Contributions
90
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£239,061
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
21
4 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Trade
77 of 91 votes
#2
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API