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Fred Thomas vs Brian Mathew

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


Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Brian Mathew voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 271 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 230 different votes 271 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
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 5 No
Transport 33% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
21 Aye 37 No
20 Aye 7 No
Education 4% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 6 No
Benefits 6% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 10% aligned 21 shared votes
1 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

69.0%
4% below average
Rank 452 of 649
Participation
65.3%
7% below average
Rank 510 of 649
400
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
379
580 eligible divisions
232
58.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
50.4% of votes cast
168
42.0% of votes cast
No votes
188
49.6% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.9% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

42
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 649
Appearances
81
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649
56
-81.1 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 649
Contributions
91
-46.1 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£225,625
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£157,740
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£157,740
30% below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Tax
90 of 112 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Benefits
25 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API