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Gareth Thomas vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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
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Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 1,056 shared comparable votes.

82 same votes 974 different votes 1,056 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
27 Aye 72 No
Migration 11% aligned 99 shared votes
63 Aye 36 No
38 Aye 45 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 83 shared votes
48 Aye 35 No
18 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 8% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 11 No
Benefits 8% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 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
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
684
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.7% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

43
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 649
Appearances
62
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 649
48
-94.2 vs Commons average
Rank 512 of 649
Contributions
72
-70.2 vs Commons average
Rank 432 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
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
14
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
181 of 211 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
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