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Rachel Hopkins vs Barry Gardiner

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Hopkins and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,016 shared comparable votes.

1,002 same votes 14 different votes 1,016 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
96 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 144 shared votes
96 Aye 48 No
45 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 104 shared votes
45 Aye 59 No
24 Aye 67 No
Migration 100% aligned 91 shared votes
24 Aye 67 No
28 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 30 No
Transport 100% aligned 46 shared votes
16 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 22 No
Benefits 93% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
96 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 144 shared votes
96 Aye 48 No
45 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 104 shared votes
45 Aye 59 No
24 Aye 67 No
Migration 100% aligned 91 shared votes
24 Aye 67 No
28 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

85.1%
13% above average
Rank 84 of 650
Participation
66.6%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 650
1,436
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,405 eligible divisions
757
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
679
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

84
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 650
Appearances
55
-33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 650
97
-57.6 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 650
Contributions
91
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£253,152
12% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
1
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

Housing
53 of 54 votes
#1
Trade
77 of 94 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#2
Transport
78 of 96 votes
Education
65 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Migration
143 of 154 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 63 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

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