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Gareth Thomas vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,222 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,181 different votes 1,222 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
7 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 7 No
Energy 5% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
44 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 106 shared votes
64 Aye 42 No
16 Aye 16 No
Benefits 3% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
124 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 178 shared votes
54 Aye 124 No
22 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 54 shared votes
32 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 24 No
Trade 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 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
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
684
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

43
-40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 649
Appearances
171
+87.3 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 649
48
-97.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
191
+45.1 vs Commons average
Rank 147 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
14
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
188 of 211 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 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