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Gareth Thomas vs Lewis Cocking

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Lewis Cocking voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 279 different votes 284 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
38 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
27 Aye 38 No
21 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
2 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
27 Aye 38 No
21 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
2 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 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
78.0%
5% above average
Rank 246 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
460
590 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
211
45.9% of votes cast
684
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
249
54.1% 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
Rank 494 of 649
Appearances
116
+32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 649
48
-97.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 184 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
£181,438
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£181,438
20% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
14
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API