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Gareth Thomas vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,355 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,289 different votes 1,355 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 13 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
109 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 168 shared votes
60 Aye 108 No
54 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 112 shared votes
60 Aye 52 No
21 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 35 No
Transport 0% aligned 62 shared votes
35 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
25 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
684
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% 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
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
48
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
14
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API