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Gareth Thomas vs Richard Tice

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

Photograph of Gareth Thomas
Gareth Thomas
Lab Harrow West
vs
Photograph of Richard Tice
Richard Tice
RUK Boston and Skegness

Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Richard Tice voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 214 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 196 different votes 214 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
1 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 9 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 9 No
Transport 8% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
6 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 1 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
1 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 7 No
Education 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
51.7%
21% below average
Rank 618 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
305
590 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
146
47.9% of votes cast
684
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
159
52.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
11
3.6% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

43
-38.8 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 649
Appearances
177
+95.2 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 649
48
-94.5 vs Commons average
Rank 513 of 649
Contributions
249
+106.5 vs Commons average
Rank 87 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
£176,036
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£176,036
22% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
23
5 registered categories
14
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 9 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5
Defence
22 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
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