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Brendan O'Hara vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 981 shared comparable votes.

903 same votes 78 different votes 981 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
27 Aye 29 No
Trade 100% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 9 No
Energy 65% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
103 Aye 47 No
Tax 77% aligned 150 shared votes
104 Aye 46 No
28 Aye 17 No
Benefits 82% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 10 No
Transport 88% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 13 No
Digital / Online Safety 92% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

57.1%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 650
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 485 of 650
1,375
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,600
2,406 eligible divisions
758
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
901
56.3% of votes cast
617
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
699
43.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

82
-7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
48
-41.6 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 650
95
-61.0 vs Commons average
Rank 377 of 650
Contributions
52
-104.0 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
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

Migration
163 of 171 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 212 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 212 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Trade
77 of 94 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#5
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API