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Dr Lauren Sullivan vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Dr Lauren Sullivan and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 359 shared comparable votes.

352 same votes 7 different votes 359 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
50 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
50 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
21 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
50 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
21 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

88.1%
16% above average
Rank 40 of 650
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 650
560
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,610
2,422 eligible divisions
293
52.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
909
56.5% of votes cast
267
47.7% of votes cast
No votes
701
43.5% of votes cast
11
2.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

60
-35.6 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 650
Appearances
52
-43.6 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 650
75
-91.5 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 650
Contributions
58
-108.5 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£154,312
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£154,312
32% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
6
3 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

Housing
33 of 33 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 212 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API