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Gareth Thomas vs Patrick Spencer

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Patrick Spencer voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 278 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 273 different votes 278 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
33 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
29 Aye 33 No
9 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
29 Aye 33 No
9 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 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
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 424 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
415
590 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
193
46.5% of votes cast
684
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
222
53.5% 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
-40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 649
Appearances
10
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 649
48
-97.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
10
-135.9 vs Commons average
Rank 624 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
£159,842
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£159,842
29% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
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
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API