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Catherine Atkinson vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Catherine Atkinson and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 331 shared comparable votes.

321 same votes 10 different votes 331 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
45 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
45 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
45 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
8% above average
Rank 194 of 650
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 650
509
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,610
2,422 eligible divisions
260
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
909
56.5% of votes cast
249
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
701
43.5% of votes cast
15
2.9% 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

106
+9.0 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 650
Appearances
52
-45.0 vs Commons average
Rank 482 of 650
194
+24.8 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
Contributions
58
-111.2 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£207,563
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£207,563
8% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
4
2 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

Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 212 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
Housing
29 of 33 votes
#5
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API