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Mark Garnier vs Andy McDonald

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 Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Andy McDonald voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,515 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 1,442 different votes 1,515 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
9 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
74 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 180 shared votes
111 Aye 69 No
14 Aye 29 No
Benefits 7% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
95 Aye 32 No
Migration 3% aligned 127 shared votes
28 Aye 99 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 66 shared votes
34 Aye 32 No
28 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 61 shared votes
33 Aye 28 No
30 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 No
27 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 22 No
Energy 0% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 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
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
996
55.5% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
798
44.5% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Contributions
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 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
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
4
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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
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
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 Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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