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Gareth Thomas vs Pat McFadden

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 Pat McFadden
Pat McFadden
Lab Wolverhampton South East

Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Pat McFadden voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,247 shared comparable votes.

1,246 same votes 1 different votes 1,247 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
111 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 173 shared votes
111 Aye 62 No
100 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 145 shared votes
100 Aye 45 No
39 Aye 80 No
Migration 100% aligned 119 shared votes
39 Aye 80 No
53 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 108 shared votes
53 Aye 55 No
26 Aye 25 No
Transport 100% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 32 No
Trade 98% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
111 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 173 shared votes
111 Aye 62 No
100 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 145 shared votes
100 Aye 45 No
39 Aye 80 No
Migration 100% aligned 119 shared votes
39 Aye 80 No
53 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 108 shared votes
53 Aye 55 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 486 of 650
Participation
65.7%
7% below average
Rank 507 of 650
1,599
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,579
2,405 eligible divisions
900
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4% of votes cast
699
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
672
42.6% 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
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

47
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 650
Appearances
46
-42.8 vs Commons average
Rank 498 of 650
51
-103.6 vs Commons average
Rank 521 of 650
Contributions
390
+235.4 vs Commons average
Rank 44 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
£2,498,186
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£225,631
same as average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
14
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
185 of 212 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 94 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
68 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada 8 Feb 2017
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API