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Mark Garnier vs Olivia Blake

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 Olivia Blake
Olivia Blake
Lab Sheffield Hallam

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Olivia Blake voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,018 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 970 different votes 1,018 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 4 No
NHS / Health 16% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 26 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 15 No
Housing 4% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
78 Aye 36 No
Migration 3% aligned 114 shared votes
33 Aye 81 No
61 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 102 shared votes
39 Aye 63 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
34 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 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
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 318 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,239
1,658 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
649
52.4% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
590
47.6% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
37
-45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Contributions
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 539 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
£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£300,839
33% above average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
66 of 69 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Transport
53 of 64 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
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
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