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Gregory Stafford vs Gareth Thomas

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

Photograph of Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon
vs
Photograph of Gareth Thomas
Gareth Thomas
Lab Harrow West

Voting alignment

Gregory Stafford and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 235 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 230 different votes 235 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 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 3 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
40 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
40 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

75.9%
3% above average
Rank 290 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
448
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
208
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
240
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
289
+145.5 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 649
Contributions
48
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£192,386
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£192,386
15% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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

Tax
101 of 112 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 39 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Energy
16 of 20 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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