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Gareth Thomas vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,343 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,288 different votes 1,343 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
15 Aye 9 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
111 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 171 shared votes
59 Aye 112 No
59 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 126 shared votes
70 Aye 56 No
11 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 9 No
Benefits 3% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 55 shared votes
14 Aye 41 No
24 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 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
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
684
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

43
-40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 649
Appearances
113
+29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
48
-97.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
229
+83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 107 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 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
202 of 211 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 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