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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 247 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 243 different votes 247 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
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
11 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 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
11 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 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
78.5 %
5 % above average
Rank 245 of 648
1,531
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
413
526 eligible divisions
879
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
186
45.0 % of votes cast
652
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
227
55.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
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
72
+11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 648
130
+21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 648
Contributions
110
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 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
£181,438
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£181,438
20 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
136 of 169 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Defence
47 of 59 votes
#3
Trade
66 of 88 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Defence
19 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API