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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
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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 1,518 shared comparable votes.

1,506 same votes 12 different votes 1,518 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 73 No
Tax 100% aligned 214 shared votes
141 Aye 73 No
27 Aye 77 No
Migration 100% aligned 104 shared votes
27 Aye 77 No
34 Aye 41 No
Trade 100% aligned 75 shared votes
34 Aye 41 No
36 Aye 38 No
Transport 100% aligned 74 shared votes
36 Aye 38 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

84.1 %
11 % above average
Rank 124 of 648
Participation
67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 479 of 648
1,945
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,568
2,312 eligible divisions
1,067
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
880
56.1 % of votes cast
878
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
688
43.9 % of votes cast
43
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
16
1.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

184
+123.6 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 648
Appearances
45
-15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 648
225
+116.1 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 648
Contributions
59
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 648

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
12
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
90 of 95 votes
#1
Trade
76 of 88 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Transport
74 of 87 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 75 votes
#3
Defence
50 of 59 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Transport
81 of 87 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 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
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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