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Mark Garnier vs Mrs Elsie Blundell

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 Mrs Elsie Blundell
Mrs Elsie Blundell
Lab Heywood and Middleton North

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Mrs Elsie Blundell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 382 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 376 different votes 382 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 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
37 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
42 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
42 Aye 37 No
12 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 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 119 of 650
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 650
2,011
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
517
620 eligible divisions
984
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
48.7% of votes cast
1,027
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
265
51.3% of votes cast
25
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
10
1.9% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

80
-13.0 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650
Appearances
72
-21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 650
127
-35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650
Contributions
102
-60.0 vs Commons average
Rank 375 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
£161,906
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£161,906
28% below average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
211 of 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
89 of 94 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#3
Transport
29 of 30 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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