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Gareth Thomas vs Rebecca Smith

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Rebecca Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 234 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 229 different votes 234 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 4 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
2 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
27 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
2 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
2 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 419 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
416
590 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
47.1% of votes cast
684
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
220
52.9% 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
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
48
-97.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
268
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 76 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
£213,132
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£213,132
6% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
14
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5
Tax
88 of 112 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API