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Chris Law vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Chris Law and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 902 shared comparable votes.

822 same votes 80 different votes 902 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
23 Aye 29 No
Trade 100% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 2 No
Education 100% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 8 No
Energy 57% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
92 Aye 44 No
Tax 73% aligned 136 shared votes
97 Aye 39 No
24 Aye 16 No
Benefits 80% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 92% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 95% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

51.6%
21% below average
Rank 620 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 489 of 649
1,223
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,578
2,372 eligible divisions
674
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
895
56.7% of votes cast
549
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
683
43.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

56
-24.2 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 649
Appearances
40
-40.2 vs Commons average
Rank 498 of 649
65
-74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 649
Contributions
45
-94.7 vs Commons average
Rank 521 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
8
4 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

Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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