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Gareth Thomas vs James McMurdock

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 James McMurdock
James McMurdock
Ind South Basildon and East Thurrock

Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and James McMurdock voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 135 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 132 different votes 135 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
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
36 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
19 Aye 36 No
3 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
19 Aye 36 No
3 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 1 No
Housing 0% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 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
43.2 %
30 % below average
Rank 632 of 648
1,531
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
227
526 eligible divisions
879
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
108
47.6 % of votes cast
652
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
119
52.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 648
Appearances
14
-46.4 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 648
130
+21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 648
Contributions
19
-89.9 vs Commons average
Rank 595 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
£171,670
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£171,670
24 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
Migration
136 of 169 votes
#2
Migration
8 of 11 votes
Defence
47 of 59 votes
#3
Energy
11 of 17 votes
Trade
66 of 88 votes
#4
Tax
68 of 108 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Housing
19 of 31 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 29 Apr 2025
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API