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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 328 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 323 different votes 328 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 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 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

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 254 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
590 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
223
48.8% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
234
51.2% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.6% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Appearances
92
+10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 649
121
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 649
Contributions
406
+263.3 vs Commons average
Rank 36 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
£217,932
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£217,932
4% below average
22
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
86 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Migration
11 of 13 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API