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Gareth Thomas vs Gregory Stafford

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

Photograph of Gareth Thomas
Gareth Thomas
Lab Harrow West
vs
Photograph of Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon

Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Gregory Stafford voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 235 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 230 different votes 235 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
0 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 6 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
40 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
26 Aye 40 No
16 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
26 Aye 40 No
16 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
2 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 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
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 290 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
448
590 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
208
46.4% of votes cast
684
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
240
53.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
146
+62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
48
-97.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
290
+144.1 vs Commons average
Rank 64 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
£192,386
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£192,386
15% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
14
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Tax
101 of 112 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Work / Employment
33 of 39 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Education
41 of 50 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5
Energy
16 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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