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Gareth Thomas vs Ed Davey
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Gareth Thomas and Ed Davey voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 957 shared comparable votes.
814 same votes
143 different votes
957 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
66.2 %
7 % below average
Participation
60.9 %
12 % below average
1,531
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,253
2,057 eligible divisions
879
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
699
55.8 % of votes cast
652
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
554
44.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Debates
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
49
-10.9 vs Commons average
130
+22.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
82
-25.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
0
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API