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Mark Garnier vs Chris McDonald

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


Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Chris McDonald voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 322 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 317 different votes 322 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
2 Aye 8 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
33 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
40 Aye 33 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
40 Aye 33 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

83.9 %
11 % above average
Rank 118 of 650
Participation
79.0 %
6 % above average
Rank 225 of 650
1,966
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
558 eligible divisions
959
48.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
218
49.4 % of votes cast
1,007
51.2 % of votes cast
No votes
223
50.6 % of votes cast
23
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
10
2.3 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

76
+5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 650
Appearances
89
+18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 650
244
+119.5 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 650
Contributions
384
+259.5 vs Commons average
Rank 27 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£217,932
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£217,932
4 % below average
19
7 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
84 of 89 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 33 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API