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Fred Thomas vs Gregory Stafford

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

Photograph of Fred Thomas
Fred Thomas
Lab Plymouth Moor View
vs
Photograph of Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon

Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Gregory Stafford voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 276 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 268 different votes 276 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 33% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 5 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
49 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
27 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
27 Aye 49 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
2 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

68.1%
4% below average
Rank 460 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 290 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
448
590 eligible divisions
234
58.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
208
46.4% of votes cast
168
41.8% of votes cast
No votes
240
53.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 649
Appearances
146
+62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
59
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 649
Contributions
290
+144.1 vs Commons average
Rank 64 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
£192,386
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£192,386
15% below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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 32 votes
#1
Tax
101 of 112 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#3
Work / Employment
33 of 39 votes
Tax
90 of 112 votes
#4
Education
41 of 50 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Energy
16 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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