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Gareth Thomas vs Aphra Brandreth

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Aphra Brandreth voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 234 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 219 different votes 234 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
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
30 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
2 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
2 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 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
64.9%
8% below average
Rank 520 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
383
590 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
181
47.3% of votes cast
684
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
202
52.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.9% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 649
48
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 649
Contributions
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 358 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
£250,031
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£250,031
11% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
12
5 registered categories
14
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Defence
24 of 34 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5
Tax
79 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API