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Mark Garnier vs Michelle Welsh

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


Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Michelle Welsh voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 353 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 332 different votes 353 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
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
34 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
44 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
44 Aye 34 No
10 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 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
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 141 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
50.8% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
240
49.2% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Contributions
68
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 452 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
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£179,455
21% below average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
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
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API