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Fred Thomas vs Sarah Pochin

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 Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby

Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Sarah Pochin voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 154 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 141 different votes 154 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
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 4 No
Transport 17% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
16 Aye 6 No
Housing 5% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 4 No
Tax 0% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
0 Aye 15 No
1 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 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
57.4%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
232
404 eligible divisions
234
58.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
105
45.3% of votes cast
168
41.8% of votes cast
No votes
127
54.7% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
3.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025

Debates

42
-39.8 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 649
Appearances
98
+16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
56
-86.5 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 649
Contributions
118
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 269 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
£0
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
n/a
average unavailable
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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 32 votes
#1
Trade
7 of 7 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
Tax
90 of 112 votes
#4
Housing
22 of 25 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Energy
6 of 8 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
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
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
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