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Gareth Thomas vs John Cooper
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Gareth Thomas and John Cooper voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 271 shared comparable votes.
5 same votes
266 different votes
271 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
66.5%
6% below average
Participation
72.2%
same as average
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
426
590 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
180
42.3% of votes cast
684
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
246
57.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% 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
Appearances
98
+14.3 vs Commons average
48
-97.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
115
-30.9 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
£154,450
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£154,450
32% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
14
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
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API