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Mark Garnier vs Jo Platt

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 Jo Platt
Jo Platt
Lab Leigh and Atherton

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Jo Platt voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 686 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 641 different votes 686 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
8 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 24% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 6 No
Migration 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
41 Aye 71 No
Brexit / EU 10% aligned 112 shared votes
74 Aye 38 No
4 Aye 18 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 73 No
Tax 0% aligned 125 shared votes
73 Aye 52 No
16 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 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
77.8%
5% above average
Rank 251 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
459
590 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
231
50.3% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
228
49.7% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
-7.8 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
32
-49.8 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 649
121
-21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 649
Contributions
53
-89.5 vs Commons average
Rank 493 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
£766,743
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£208,190
8% below average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 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 143 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
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
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
Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Jan 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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