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Dave Doogan vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Dave Doogan and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 577 shared comparable votes.

510 same votes 67 different votes 577 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
20 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 17 No
Trade 100% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 29 No
Tax 61% aligned 87 shared votes
64 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 11 No
Benefits 66% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 5 No
Energy 67% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 90% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 92% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

47.6%
25% below average
Rank 626 of 650
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 485 of 650
804
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,600
2,406 eligible divisions
437
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
901
56.3% of votes cast
367
45.6% 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
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

94
+1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 650
Appearances
51
-41.1 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 650
159
-1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 650
Contributions
55
-105.1 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,355,209
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£322,192
42% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
2
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

Trade
50 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 212 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 41 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
53 of 64 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
Migration
121 of 154 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