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Mark Garnier vs Chris Bloore

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 Chris Bloore
Chris Bloore
Lab Redditch

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Chris Bloore voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 326 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 307 different votes 326 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 15 No
Benefits 17% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
39 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
39 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 349 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
433
590 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
211
48.7% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
222
51.3% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
115
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Contributions
127
-16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 243 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
£167,691
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£167,691
26% below average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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
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
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 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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