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Fred Thomas vs Saqib Bhatti

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 Saqib Bhatti
Saqib Bhatti
Con Meriden and Solihull East

Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 270 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 267 different votes 270 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 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
14 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
47 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
22 Aye 47 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
1 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
22 Aye 47 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
1 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 1 No
Benefits 0% aligned 14 shared votes
1 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

68.9 %
4 % below average
Rank 452 of 649
Participation
81.6 %
9 % above average
Rank 171 of 649
396
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,341
1,643 eligible divisions
231
58.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
663
49.4 % of votes cast
165
41.7 % of votes cast
No votes
678
50.6 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

43
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 650
Appearances
78
+0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 650
57
-81.3 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 650
Contributions
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£225,625
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20 % above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
8
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
63 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Tax
90 of 111 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Where they voted the same
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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