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Mark Garnier vs Matthew Patrick

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 Matthew Patrick
Matthew Patrick
Lab Wirral West

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Matthew Patrick voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 329 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 325 different votes 329 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 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 7 No
Benefits 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
35 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
39 Aye 35 No
8 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
39 Aye 35 No
8 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

83.6 %
11 % above average
Rank 127 of 649
Participation
80.9 %
8 % above average
Rank 186 of 649
1,974
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
575 eligible divisions
962
48.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
229
49.2 % of votes cast
1,012
51.3 % of votes cast
No votes
236
50.8 % of votes cast
23
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
8
1.7 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

80
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
Appearances
28
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 650
248
+109.7 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 650
Contributions
95
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 332 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
£174,976
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£174,976
23 % below average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Education
44 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
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
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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