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Mark Garnier vs Luke Pollard

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 Luke Pollard
Luke Pollard
Lab Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Luke Pollard voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,265 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 1,191 different votes 1,265 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
15 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
69 Aye 93 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 162 shared votes
95 Aye 67 No
15 Aye 21 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 56 shared votes
35 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 67 shared votes
35 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 13 No
Energy 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 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
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 443 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,121 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
810
55.1% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
659
44.9% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
71
-11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Contributions
673
+529.5 vs Commons average
Rank 8 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
£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£309,067
37% above average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
144 of 163 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Defence
58 of 71 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Trade
71 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
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
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
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Jul 2025
Tax
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
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