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Josh Newbury vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Josh Newbury and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

334 same votes 8 different votes 342 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
50 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
50 Aye 32 No
14 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
20 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
50 Aye 32 No
14 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
20 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

84.4%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 650
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 650
537
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,610
2,422 eligible divisions
283
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
909
56.5% of votes cast
254
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
701
43.5% of votes cast
13
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

170
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650
Appearances
52
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 650
201
+33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 650
Contributions
58
-109.1 vs Commons average
Rank 517 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£109,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£109,414
52% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 212 votes
Trade
10 of 10 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
Benefits
31 of 32 votes
#5
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API