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Heidi Alexander vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Heidi Alexander and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 501 shared comparable votes.

498 same votes 3 different votes 501 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
51 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
51 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 9 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 59 shared votes
53 Aye 6 No
51 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
51 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

63.2%
9% below average
Rank 540 of 650
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 486 of 650
391
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,599
2,405 eligible divisions
184
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
56.3% of votes cast
207
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
699
43.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

64
-26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
Appearances
48
-42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 650
512
+355.4 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 650
Contributions
52
-104.6 vs Commons average
Rank 521 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£178,830
21% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
6
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

Migration
13 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Transport
26 of 30 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
Trade
8 of 10 votes
#5
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API