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Gareth Thomas vs Chris Philp

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Chris Philp voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,357 shared comparable votes.

79 same votes 1,278 different votes 1,357 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
22 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
115 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 178 shared votes
65 Aye 113 No
29 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
64 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 132 shared votes
73 Aye 59 No
40 Aye 14 No
Education 4% aligned 54 shared votes
16 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 15 No
Benefits 0% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 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
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,979
2,376 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
48.5% of votes cast
684
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,020
51.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
Appearances
56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
48
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 649
Contributions
85
-58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 383 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
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
14
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 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