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Gareth Thomas vs Peter Fortune

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Peter Fortune voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 260 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 255 different votes 260 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
11 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
41 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
23 Aye 41 No
15 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
23 Aye 41 No
15 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
2 Aye 21 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 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
72.2%
same as average
Rank 375 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
426
590 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
188
44.1% of votes cast
684
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
238
55.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% 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
123
+39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 649
48
-97.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
148
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 209 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
£180,830
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£180,830
20% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
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
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
50 of 62 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API