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Mark Garnier vs Alan Gemmell

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

Photograph of Mark Garnier
Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest
vs
Photograph of Alan Gemmell
Alan Gemmell
Lab Central Ayrshire

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Alan Gemmell voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 344 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 327 different votes 344 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 8 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
32 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
42 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
42 Aye 32 No
6 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
28 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 207 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
470
590 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
52.3% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
224
47.7% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

76
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
Appearances
59
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 649
123
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
Contributions
68
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£170,626
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£170,626
25% below average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 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 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
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