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Blake Stephenson vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Blake Stephenson and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 260 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 255 different votes 260 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
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
37 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
37 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

71.4%
1% below average
Rank 397 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
421
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
191
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
230
54.6% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

84
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
164
+20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 174 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

£203,629
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£203,629
10% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
6
4 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Tax
92 of 112 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API