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Gareth Thomas vs Charlie Dewhirst

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Charlie Dewhirst voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 246 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 241 different votes 246 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 9 No
Benefits 21% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
43 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
27 Aye 43 No
16 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
27 Aye 43 No
16 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 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
65.8%
7% below average
Rank 506 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
388
590 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
169
43.6% of votes cast
684
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
219
56.4% 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
-40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 649
Appearances
97
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 649
48
-97.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 291 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
£184,765
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£184,765
18% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
14
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
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Tax
95 of 112 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5
Education
40 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API