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Gareth Thomas vs Sarah Bool

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Sarah Bool voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 263 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 259 different votes 263 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 17 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
43 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
28 Aye 43 No
16 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
28 Aye 43 No
16 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
2 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 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
70.8%
2% below average
Rank 409 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
418
590 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
177
42.3% of votes cast
684
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
241
57.7% 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
96
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
48
-97.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 300 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
£188,791
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£188,791
17% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
2 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
4 of 4 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
35 of 39 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Tax
98 of 112 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
53 of 62 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API