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Matt Bishop vs Dr Allison Gardner

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

Photograph of Matt Bishop
Matt Bishop
Lab Forest of Dean
vs
Photograph of Dr Allison Gardner
Dr Allison Gardner
Lab Stoke-on-Trent South

Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Dr Allison Gardner voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 289 shared comparable votes.

285 same votes 4 different votes 289 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
43 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
43 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
43 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

53.9%
18% below average
Rank 610 of 650
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 122 of 650
340
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
526
631 eligible divisions
162
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
256
48.7% of votes cast
178
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
270
51.3% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.5% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

35
-59.5 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 650
Appearances
104
+9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 650
46
-118.6 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 650
Contributions
152
-12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£200,981
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30% below average
Latest expenses
£200,981
11% below average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
0
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

Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Tax
85 of 121 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Trade
7 of 10 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API