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Ben Coleman vs Gareth Thomas
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Ben Coleman and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 275 shared comparable votes.
266 same votes
9 different votes
275 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
67.1%
5% below average
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
427
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,610
2,422 eligible divisions
230
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
909
56.5% of votes cast
197
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
701
43.5% of votes cast
13
3.0% 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
50
-47.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
52
-45.0 vs Commons average
87
-82.2 vs Commons average
Contributions
58
-111.2 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£186,638
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£186,638
17% 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API