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Mark Garnier vs Sojan Joseph

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 Sojan Joseph
Sojan Joseph
Lab Ashford

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Sojan Joseph voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 376 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 370 different votes 376 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
3 Aye 17 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
24 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
37 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
45 Aye 37 No
12 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
45 Aye 37 No
12 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

83.8 %
11 % above average
Rank 121 of 647
Participation
93.4 %
21 % above average
Rank 7 of 647
1,956
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
511
547 eligible divisions
954
48.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
260
50.9 % of votes cast
1,002
51.2 % of votes cast
No votes
251
49.1 % of votes cast
23
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
12
2.3 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

73
+6.8 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 650
Appearances
55
-11.2 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 650
240
+122.2 vs Commons average
Rank 62 of 650
Contributions
67
-50.8 vs Commons average
Rank 395 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
£158,669
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£158,669
30 % below average
19
7 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
3
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
Education
49 of 49 votes
Trade
83 of 88 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
27 of 27 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Transport
25 of 25 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
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
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