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Derek Twigg vs Gareth Thomas
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Derek Twigg and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,080 shared comparable votes.
1,058 same votes
22 different votes
1,080 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
58.2%
14% below average
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
1,407
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,417 eligible divisions
812
57.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
908
56.5% of votes cast
595
42.3% of votes cast
No votes
699
43.5% of votes cast
27
1.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
54
-40.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
45
-119.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
55
-109.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£227,917
1% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
1
1 registered category
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading
1 Jul 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API