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Sarah Pochin vs Dr Allison Gardner

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 Dr Allison Gardner
Dr Allison Gardner
Lab Stoke-on-Trent South

Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Dr Allison Gardner voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 203 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 192 different votes 203 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 5 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 16 No
Housing 5% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
0 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
19 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 1 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
1 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

57.7%
15% below average
Rank 590 of 650
Participation
84.4%
12% above average
Rank 106 of 650
241
418 eligible divisions
Total votes
510
604 eligible divisions
108
44.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
49.4% of votes cast
133
55.2% of votes cast
No votes
258
50.6% of votes cast
7
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.5% of votes cast
1 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

106
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 650
Appearances
78
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 650
126
-25.4 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
Contributions
123
-28.4 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£200,981
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£200,981
11% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
1
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

Trade
10 of 10 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
5 of 5 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Housing
22 of 25 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
No
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Calculation of CBAM Rate and Determination of Carbon Price Relief) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 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
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 Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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