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Joe Robertson vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Joe Robertson and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 279 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 273 different votes 279 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
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
27 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
40 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
40 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

75.3%
3% above average
Rank 303 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
444
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
201
45.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
243
54.7% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
3
0.7% 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

163
+80.7 vs Commons average
Rank 47 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
289
+145.5 vs Commons average
Rank 60 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

£165,302
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£165,302
27% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
3
3 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

Housing
28 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Tax
95 of 112 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Education
40 of 50 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API