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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 257 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 254 different votes 257 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
19 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
1 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
22 Aye 47 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
1 Aye 24 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

69.5 %
4 % below average
Rank 442 of 647
Participation
81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 167 of 647
374
538 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,315
1,606 eligible divisions
219
58.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
651
49.5 % of votes cast
155
41.4 % of votes cast
No votes
664
50.5 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

31
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 502 of 647
Appearances
63
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 647
37
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 523 of 647
Contributions
91
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 647

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
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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
Defence
20 of 22 votes
#2
Trade
47 of 50 votes
Energy
15 of 17 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 152 votes
Education
43 of 49 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Tax
90 of 108 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
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
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
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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Voting source Commons Votes API