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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 237 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 233 different votes 237 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
11 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
34 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
25 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
2 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
25 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
2 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

66.2 %
7 % below average
Rank 501 of 648
Participation
74.9 %
2 % above average
Rank 325 of 648
1,531
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
394
526 eligible divisions
879
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
179
45.4 % of votes cast
652
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
215
54.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 648
Appearances
171
+110.6 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 648
130
+21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 648
Contributions
223
+114.1 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 648

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
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Migration
136 of 169 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Defence
47 of 59 votes
#3
Trade
66 of 88 votes
#4
Defence
19 of 22 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Education
40 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API