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Alex Mayer vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Alex Mayer and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 360 shared comparable votes.

359 same votes 1 different votes 360 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
43 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
43 Aye 32 No
15 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
43 Aye 32 No
15 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

95.3%
23% above average
Rank 1 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
562
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
281
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
281
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

71
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 649
Appearances
43
-40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 649
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 649
Contributions
48
-97.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£198,550
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£198,550
12% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
3
3 registered categories
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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API