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Gareth Thomas vs Ben Obese-Jecty

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Ben Obese-Jecty voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 274 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 269 different votes 274 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 5 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
34 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
26 Aye 34 No
9 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
26 Aye 34 No
9 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
2 Aye 21 No
7 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 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
74.4%
2% above average
Rank 325 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
439
590 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
205
46.7% of votes cast
684
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
234
53.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

43
-40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 649
Appearances
206
+122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 18 of 649
48
-97.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
265
+119.1 vs Commons average
Rank 80 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
£156,927
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£156,927
31% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
14
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
36 of 39 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5
Education
41 of 50 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API