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Gareth Thomas vs Wera Hobhouse

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Wera Hobhouse voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 1,164 shared comparable votes.

966 same votes 198 different votes 1,164 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
94 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 156 shared votes
94 Aye 62 No
20 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
27 Aye 75 No
Migration 97% aligned 102 shared votes
24 Aye 78 No
28 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 11 No
Education 43% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 34 shared votes
5 Aye 29 No
95 Aye 42 No
Tax 64% aligned 137 shared votes
83 Aye 54 No
17 Aye 22 No
Benefits 64% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 25 No
Defence 69% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

66.4 %
6 % below average
Rank 493 of 649
Participation
73.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 351 of 649
1,568
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,545
2,106 eligible divisions
894
57.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
837
54.2 % of votes cast
674
43.0 % of votes cast
No votes
708
45.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

40
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 495 of 650
Appearances
141
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650
45
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 650
Contributions
176
+37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£306,189
35 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
14
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API