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Jim Allister vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Jim Allister and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 248 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 224 different votes 248 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
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 33% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 6 No
Housing 25% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 17 No
Education 15% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

70.0%
3% below average
Rank 431 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
413
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
203
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
210
50.8% 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

194
+112.3 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 649
Appearances
43
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 649
252
+109.7 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 649
Contributions
48
-94.3 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£209,116
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£209,116
8% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Tax
90 of 112 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API