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Rebecca Long Bailey vs Dr Allison Gardner

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

Photograph of Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford
vs
Photograph of Dr Allison Gardner
Dr Allison Gardner
Lab Stoke-on-Trent South

Voting alignment

Rebecca Long Bailey and Dr Allison Gardner voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 434 shared comparable votes.

426 same votes 8 different votes 434 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
36 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
36 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
29 Aye 1 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 10 No
Benefits 83% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
28 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
36 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
36 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

76.8%
4% above average
Rank 267 of 650
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 120 of 650
1,858
2,419 eligible divisions
Total votes
528
633 eligible divisions
1,023
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
258
48.9% of votes cast
835
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
270
51.1% of votes cast
26
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.5% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

65
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650
Appearances
104
+9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 650
66
-98.6 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 650
Contributions
152
-12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£200,981
all imported IPSA years
£259,636
15% above average
Latest expenses
£200,981
11% below average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Defence
68 of 71 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No rebel
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (d) 23 Jul 2024
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Draft Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Housing (Tenancy Deposit Schemes) Order 2026 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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