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Gareth Thomas vs Shivani Raja

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Shivani Raja voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 243 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 238 different votes 243 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
2 Aye 8 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
34 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
15 Aye 34 No
9 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
15 Aye 34 No
9 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
1 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 1 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
1 Aye 16 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
63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
374
590 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
684
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% 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
16
-67.7 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 649
48
-97.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
18
-127.9 vs Commons average
Rank 612 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
£205,066
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£205,066
9% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
14
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#2
Defence
29 of 34 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5
Transport
22 of 29 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API