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Gareth Thomas vs Saqib Bhatti

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 908 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 874 different votes 908 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
18 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 6 No
Education 3% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 25 No
Transport 3% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
33 Aye 84 No
Migration 3% aligned 117 shared votes
81 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 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
81.3%
9% above average
Rank 177 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,348
1,658 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
667
49.5% of votes cast
684
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
681
50.5% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

43
-40.6 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 650
Appearances
84
+0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 650
48
-97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 308 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
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
5 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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
156 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API