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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.


Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Ben Maguire voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 241 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 191 different votes 241 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 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
3 Aye 0 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
16 Aye 1 No
Housing 29% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 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

66.5%
6% below average
Rank 489 of 650
Participation
60.1%
13% below average
Rank 573 of 650
1,588
2,387 eligible divisions
Total votes
361
601 eligible divisions
899
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
197
54.6% of votes cast
689
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
164
45.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

43
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 502 of 650
Appearances
100
+14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 650
47
-102.1 vs Commons average
Rank 527 of 650
Contributions
116
-33.1 vs Commons average
Rank 302 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
6
5 registered categories
14
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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 32 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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