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David Davis vs Gareth Thomas

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

Photograph of David Davis
David Davis
Con Goole and Pocklington
vs
Photograph of Gareth Thomas
Gareth Thomas
Lab Harrow West

Voting alignment

David Davis and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 1,110 shared comparable votes.

105 same votes 1,005 different votes 1,110 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
63 Aye 43 No
Migration 18% aligned 106 shared votes
32 Aye 74 No
40 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 16% aligned 80 shared votes
41 Aye 39 No
22 Aye 34 No
Trade 14% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 17 No
Benefits 14% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
17 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

64.8%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
1,539
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
720
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
819
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
93
6.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
18 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jul 2008
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649
Appearances
43
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 649
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
Contributions
48
-94.3 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£277,187
23% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
7
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
198 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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