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Fred Thomas vs Helen Grant

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 Helen Grant
Helen Grant
Con Maidstone and Malling

Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Helen Grant voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 222 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 217 different votes 222 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 2 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 4 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
2 Aye 15 No
36 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
20 Aye 36 No
17 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
20 Aye 36 No
17 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
0 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

68.5 %
4 % below average
Rank 458 of 649
Participation
73.9 %
1 % above average
Rank 338 of 649
389
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,739
2,354 eligible divisions
228
58.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
818
47.0 % of votes cast
161
41.4 % of votes cast
No votes
921
53.0 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

40
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 649
Appearances
17
-57.7 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 649
52
-80.7 vs Commons average
Rank 481 of 649
Contributions
29
-103.7 vs Commons average
Rank 567 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
£2,650,269
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£276,159
22 % above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
12
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 89 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
54 of 60 votes
Tax
90 of 111 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
55 of 66 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API