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Peter Fortune vs Barry Gardiner

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


Voting alignment

Peter Fortune and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 256 different votes 269 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
43 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
17 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 375 of 649
Participation
67.4%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
188
44.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
238
55.9% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

123
+39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 649
Appearances
59
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 649
148
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 649
Contributions
97
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£180,830
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£180,830
20% below average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
4
4 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
50 of 62 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API