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Paul Holmes vs Barry Gardiner

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


Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 879 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 838 different votes 879 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
15 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 17 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
61 Aye 18 No
Migration 4% aligned 79 shared votes
15 Aye 64 No
45 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 85 shared votes
39 Aye 46 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 13 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
Participation
67.4%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 649
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
702
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
708
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

112
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
Appearances
58
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
385
+241.5 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
Contributions
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
3
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API