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Alistair Strathern vs Gareth Thomas

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

Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin
vs
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Gareth Thomas
Lab Harrow West

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 401 shared comparable votes.

401 same votes 0 different votes 401 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 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
51 Aye 32 No
17 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
5 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 16 No
Transport 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
51 Aye 32 No
17 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
5 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 16 No
Transport 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

79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
602
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
308
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
294
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
73
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 649
Contributions
48
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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