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Gareth Thomas vs Chris Coghlan

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Chris Coghlan voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 192 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 163 different votes 192 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 2 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 1 No
Housing 50% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 21% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
12 Aye 9 No
Education 5% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 18 shared votes
1 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 25 No
Tax 6% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
4 Aye 8 No
Defence 8% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

66.5%
5% below average
Rank 481 of 649
Participation
52.2%
19% below average
Rank 603 of 649
1,574
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
304
582 eligible divisions
895
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
177
58.2% of votes cast
679
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
127
41.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

40
-40.0 vs Commons average
Rank 495 of 649
Appearances
60
-20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
45
-94.4 vs Commons average
Rank 521 of 649
Contributions
72
-67.4 vs Commons average
Rank 420 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
£188,989
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£188,989
16% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#2
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Work / Employment
27 of 39 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Education
33 of 50 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5
Tax
70 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API