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Alex Sobel vs Gareth Thomas
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Alex Sobel and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,170 shared comparable votes.
1,167 same votes
3 different votes
1,170 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
71.6 %
2 % below average
Participation
66.1 %
7 % below average
1,480
2,068 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,535
2,323 eligible divisions
811
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
880
57.3 % of votes cast
669
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
655
42.7 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
87
+23.4 vs Commons average
Appearances
44
-19.6 vs Commons average
101
-12.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
109
-4.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30 % above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
No
Aye
rebel
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API