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Gareth Thomas vs Neil O'Brien

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,258 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,207 different votes 1,258 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
20 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
96 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 158 shared votes
63 Aye 95 No
18 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
30 Aye 11 No
Education 5% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 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
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
49.4% of votes cast
684
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
909
50.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

43
-40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 649
Appearances
19
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 649
48
-97.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 598 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above 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
67 of 69 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API