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Gareth Thomas vs Paulette Hamilton

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 624 shared comparable votes.

618 same votes 6 different votes 624 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
62 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
62 Aye 37 No
22 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 96 shared votes
22 Aye 74 No
29 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
62 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
62 Aye 37 No
22 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 96 shared votes
22 Aye 74 No
29 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 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
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 338 of 650
1,599
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
883
1,199 eligible divisions
900
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
435
49.3% of votes cast
699
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

47
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 650
Appearances
57
-31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 650
51
-103.6 vs Commons average
Rank 521 of 650
Contributions
68
-86.6 vs Commons average
Rank 468 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
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 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 212 votes
#1
Education
55 of 61 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
#4
Work / Employment
57 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

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