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Gareth Thomas vs Bobby Dean

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Bobby Dean voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 257 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 201 different votes 257 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 3 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
9 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
15 Aye 2 No
Housing 35% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
0 Aye 17 No
0 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
34 Aye 21 No
Tax 5% aligned 55 shared votes
24 Aye 31 No
6 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

66.6%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 650
Participation
69.4%
3% below average
Rank 443 of 650
1,585
2,381 eligible divisions
Total votes
413
595 eligible divisions
899
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
218
52.8% of votes cast
686
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
195
47.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

42
-43.2 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 650
Appearances
98
+12.8 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 650
46
-102.6 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 650
Contributions
114
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 306 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
£178,307
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£178,307
21% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
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
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Education
41 of 50 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5
Benefits
24 of 30 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