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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 236 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 232 different votes 236 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 15 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
33 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
28 Aye 33 No
19 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
28 Aye 33 No
19 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 1 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
1 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 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
68.4 %
5 % below average
Rank 468 of 648
1,531
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
360
526 eligible divisions
879
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
161
44.7 % of votes cast
652
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
199
55.3 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
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
0
-60.4 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 648
130
+21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 648
Contributions
0
-108.9 vs Commons average
Rank 636 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
£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
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
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Defence
47 of 59 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Trade
66 of 88 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Transport
17 of 21 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