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Ms Abena Oppong-Asare vs Barry Gardiner

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

Photograph of Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
Lab Erith and Thamesmead
vs
Photograph of Barry Gardiner
Barry Gardiner
Lab Brent West

Voting alignment

Ms Abena Oppong-Asare and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 918 shared comparable votes.

915 same votes 3 different votes 918 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
80 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 120 shared votes
80 Aye 40 No
40 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 90 shared votes
40 Aye 50 No
23 Aye 66 No
Migration 100% aligned 89 shared votes
23 Aye 66 No
25 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 21 No
Trade 100% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 22 No
Benefits 93% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
80 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 120 shared votes
80 Aye 40 No
40 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 90 shared votes
40 Aye 50 No
23 Aye 66 No
Migration 100% aligned 89 shared votes
23 Aye 66 No
25 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

76.2%
4% above average
Rank 281 of 649
Participation
67.4%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 649
1,264
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
670
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
594
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
14
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

19
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 649
Appearances
57
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649
22
-120.3 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649
Contributions
91
-51.3 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£288,312
27% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
1
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

Education
63 of 69 votes
#1
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Migration
139 of 154 votes
#2
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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