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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 904 shared comparable votes.

824 same votes 80 different votes 904 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 45 No
Tax 73% aligned 137 shared votes
97 Aye 40 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

51.1%
21% below average
Rank 619 of 650
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 485 of 650
1,229
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,600
2,406 eligible divisions
678
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
901
56.3% of votes cast
551
44.8% 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

62
-29.0 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 650
Appearances
49
-42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 481 of 650
69
-89.5 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 650
Contributions
53
-105.5 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 650

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 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 212 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 82 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
Trade
64 of 94 votes
#5
NHS / Health
41 of 56 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