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Gareth Thomas vs Alan Mak

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Alan Mak voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,368 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,298 different votes 1,368 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
114 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 178 shared votes
64 Aye 114 No
29 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
64 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 129 shared votes
69 Aye 60 No
9 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
120 Aye 61 No
Tax 0% aligned 181 shared votes
61 Aye 120 No
34 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
28 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 15 No
Benefits 0% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,027
2,376 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
960
47.4% of votes cast
684
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,067
52.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
Appearances
24
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 649
48
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 649
Contributions
27
-116.5 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£292,278
29% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
23
7 registered categories
14
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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

Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 91 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API