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Rachael Maskell vs Barry Gardiner

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

Photograph of Rachael Maskell
Rachael Maskell
Lab York Central
vs
Photograph of Barry Gardiner
Barry Gardiner
Lab Brent West

Voting alignment

Rachael Maskell and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,545 shared comparable votes.

1,533 same votes 12 different votes 1,545 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
141 Aye 76 No
Tax 100% aligned 217 shared votes
141 Aye 76 No
27 Aye 77 No
Migration 100% aligned 104 shared votes
27 Aye 77 No
37 Aye 41 No
Transport 100% aligned 78 shared votes
37 Aye 41 No
35 Aye 41 No
Trade 100% aligned 76 shared votes
35 Aye 41 No
50 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 64 shared votes
50 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 98% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
27 Aye 23 No
Benefits 98% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 51 shared votes
30 Aye 21 No
95 Aye 71 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 166 shared votes
98 Aye 68 No
58 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 125 shared votes
58 Aye 67 No

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

Voting record

84.0%
12% above average
Rank 110 of 650
Participation
67.0%
5% below average
Rank 476 of 650
2,007
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,390 eligible divisions
1,089
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
918
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
47
2.3% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

261
+174.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 650
Appearances
55
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 650
318
+166.6 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 650
Contributions
91
-60.4 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,927,153
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£256,869
14% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
9
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
91 of 96 votes
#1
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 70 votes
#2
Trade
77 of 94 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
75 of 80 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Transport
89 of 95 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye rebel
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 29 Apr 2025
No
No rebel
Health and Care Bill: Government Amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendment 92 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
Aye
No rebel
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 27 Apr 2021
Aye
No rebel
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Committee of the whole House New Clause 10 (Creasy) 9 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No rebel
Ten Minute Rule Motion: Abortion 23 Oct 2018
Aye
No rebel
Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations) 13 Mar 2017
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
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: 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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API