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Gareth Thomas vs Ben Maguire

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

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Gareth Thomas
Lab Harrow West
vs
Photograph of Ben Maguire
Ben Maguire
LD North Cornwall

Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Ben Maguire voted the same way 20% of the time, based on 230 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 184 different votes 230 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
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 3 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
9 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
16 Aye 1 No
Housing 29% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 24% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
0 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
17 Aye 10 No
Education 4% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 18 shared votes
1 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 24 No
Tax 9% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

66.4 %
6 % below average
Rank 493 of 649
Participation
60.9 %
12 % below average
Rank 568 of 649
1,568
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
350
575 eligible divisions
894
57.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
189
54.0 % of votes cast
674
43.0 % of votes cast
No votes
161
46.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

40
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 495 of 650
Appearances
96
+18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 650
45
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 650
Contributions
109
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
5 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
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