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Gareth Thomas vs John Slinger

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 John Slinger
John Slinger
Lab Rugby

Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and John Slinger voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 327 shared comparable votes.

327 same votes 0 different votes 327 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
41 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
41 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
41 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 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
88.0%
15% above average
Rank 45 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
519
590 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
266
51.3% of votes cast
684
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
253
48.7% 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
-40.6 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 650
Appearances
181
+97.4 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 650
48
-97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 650
Contributions
210
+64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 127 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£168,663
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£168,663
25% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
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

Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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