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Gareth Thomas vs Ruth Cadbury

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Ruth Cadbury voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,394 shared comparable votes.

1,388 same votes 6 different votes 1,394 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
130 Aye 68 No
Tax 100% aligned 198 shared votes
130 Aye 68 No
59 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 126 shared votes
59 Aye 67 No
41 Aye 80 No
Migration 100% aligned 121 shared votes
41 Aye 80 No
29 Aye 38 No
Transport 100% aligned 67 shared votes
29 Aye 38 No
45 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 61 shared votes
45 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 9 No
Energy 96% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
29 Aye 33 No
Trade 98% aligned 62 shared votes
30 Aye 32 No
108 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 171 shared votes
106 Aye 65 No
130 Aye 68 No
Tax 100% aligned 198 shared votes
130 Aye 68 No
59 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 126 shared votes
59 Aye 67 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
75.0%
2% above average
Rank 311 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,781
2,376 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
990
55.6% of votes cast
684
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
791
44.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

43
-40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 649
Appearances
65
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
48
-97.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
73
-72.9 vs Commons average
Rank 435 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
£2,210,414
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£293,505
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
14
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
59 of 69 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5
Education
78 of 96 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API