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Brian Mathew vs Gareth Thomas
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Brian Mathew and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 242 shared comparable votes.
39 same votes
203 different votes
242 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
65.3%
7% below average
Participation
66.4%
6% below average
379
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,572
2,366 eligible divisions
191
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
895
56.9% of votes cast
188
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
677
43.1% of votes cast
11
2.9% 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
81
+2.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
40
-38.7 vs Commons average
91
-46.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
45
-92.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£157,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
4
3 registered categories
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
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API