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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
97 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 155 shared votes
97 Aye 58 No
10 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 12 shared votes
11 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
36 Aye 60 No
Migration 98% aligned 96 shared votes
34 Aye 62 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 39% aligned 28 shared votes
5 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 6 No
Education 52% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 6 No
Housing 60% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 12 No
Defence 73% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
77 Aye 35 No
Tax 75% aligned 112 shared votes
77 Aye 35 No

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

Voting record

66.2 %
7 % below average
Rank 501 of 648
Participation
60.9 %
12 % below average
Rank 575 of 648
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
Rank 343 of 648
Appearances
49
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 648
130
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 648
Contributions
82
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 648

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

Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
Migration
136 of 169 votes
#2
Defence
47 of 59 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 161 votes
Trade
66 of 88 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 193 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API