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Nigel Farage vs Barry Gardiner

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

Photograph of Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton
vs
Photograph of Barry Gardiner
Barry Gardiner
Lab Brent West

Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 104 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 88 different votes 104 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 13 No
Tax 0% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
0 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
12 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 13 No
Tax 0% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
0 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
12 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Education 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

30.8%
41% below average
Rank 630 of 649
Participation
67.3%
4% below average
Rank 462 of 649
179
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,593
2,368 eligible divisions
88
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
890
55.9% of votes cast
91
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
703
44.1% of votes cast
1
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

14
-66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 649
Appearances
57
-23.0 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
16
-123.4 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 649
Contributions
91
-48.4 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£162,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£162,580
28% below average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
35
7 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
0
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

Work / Employment
27 of 39 votes
#1
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
8 of 14 votes
#2
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Housing
17 of 31 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Migration
7 of 13 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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