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Fred Thomas vs Sarah Russell

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


Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Sarah Russell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

347 same votes 1 different votes 348 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
46 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
46 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
24 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
46 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
24 Aye 2 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
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
234
58.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
247
50.8% of votes cast
168
41.8% of votes cast
No votes
239
49.2% 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
97
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
59
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 649
Contributions
145
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 216 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
£179,204
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£179,204
21% below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Tax
90 of 112 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Education
49 of 50 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API