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Sarah Pochin vs Barry Gardiner

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

Photograph of Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby
vs
Photograph of Barry Gardiner
Barry Gardiner
Lab Brent West

Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 143 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 131 different votes 143 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 4 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
0 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
12 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 1 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
0 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

57.4%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 649
Participation
67.4%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 649
232
404 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
105
45.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
127
54.7% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
7
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

98
+16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
Appearances
58
-23.8 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 649
118
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 269 of 649
Contributions
94
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
7
5 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

Trade
7 of 7 votes
#1
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Housing
22 of 25 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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