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Mark Garnier vs Ruth Jones

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 Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Lab Newport West and Islwyn

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Ruth Jones voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,086 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 1,043 different votes 1,086 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
16 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
33 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 24 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
89 Aye 31 No
Migration 3% aligned 120 shared votes
27 Aye 93 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
34 Aye 19 No
27 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 28 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 23 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 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
78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
694
51.9% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
643
48.1% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
7 years, 6 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

76
-7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650
Appearances
53
-30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 650
123
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 650
Contributions
78
-67.7 vs Commons average
Rank 418 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Education
61 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 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
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
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
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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