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Gareth Thomas vs Blake Stephenson

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 226 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 222 different votes 226 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 7 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
37 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
27 Aye 37 No
15 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
2 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
27 Aye 37 No
15 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
2 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 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
71.7 %
2 % below average
Rank 397 of 648
1,531
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
377
526 eligible divisions
879
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
166
44.0 % of votes cast
652
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
211
56.0 % 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
71
+10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 648
130
+21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 648
Contributions
91
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 259 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
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
5 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
Transport
18 of 21 votes
Defence
47 of 59 votes
#3
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
Trade
66 of 88 votes
#4
Tax
89 of 108 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
50 of 61 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