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Alan Strickland vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Alan Strickland and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 357 shared comparable votes.

349 same votes 8 different votes 357 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
51 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
51 Aye 33 No
15 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
51 Aye 33 No
15 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

88.7%
16% above average
Rank 33 of 650
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 650
564
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,610
2,422 eligible divisions
283
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
909
56.5% of votes cast
281
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
701
43.5% of votes cast
12
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

40
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 538 of 650
Appearances
52
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 650
41
-126.1 vs Commons average
Rank 571 of 650
Contributions
58
-109.1 vs Commons average
Rank 517 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£174,611
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£174,611
23% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
33 of 33 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 212 votes
Transport
32 of 32 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

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