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Mary Kelly Foy vs Barry Gardiner

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

Photograph of Mary Kelly Foy
Mary Kelly Foy
Lab City of Durham
vs
Photograph of Barry Gardiner
Barry Gardiner
Lab Brent West

Voting alignment

Mary Kelly Foy and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 750 shared comparable votes.

742 same votes 8 different votes 750 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
77 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
77 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 49 No
Migration 100% aligned 72 shared votes
23 Aye 49 No
24 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
31 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 26 No
Transport 100% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 18 No
Trade 97% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 20 No
Benefits 97% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
28 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 82 shared votes
28 Aye 54 No
77 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
77 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 49 No
Migration 100% aligned 72 shared votes
23 Aye 49 No

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

Voting record

65.5 %
8 % below average
Rank 514 of 648
Participation
67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 479 of 648
1,044
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,568
2,312 eligible divisions
542
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
880
56.1 % of votes cast
502
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
688
43.9 % of votes cast
27
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
16
1.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

45
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 648
Appearances
45
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 648
56
-51.9 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 648
Contributions
59
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,276,742
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£286,681
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Environment / Climate
36 of 41 votes
#1
Trade
76 of 88 votes
Education
58 of 68 votes
#2
Transport
74 of 87 votes
Foreign Affairs
42 of 50 votes
#3
Defence
50 of 59 votes
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 54 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Defence
47 of 58 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Aye rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye rebel
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 29 Apr 2025
No
No rebel
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
Aye rebel
Sittings of the House 30 Dec 2020
No
Aye rebel
Trade Bill: Second Reading 20 May 2020
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
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