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Kate Dearden vs Gareth Thomas

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

Photograph of Kate Dearden
Kate Dearden
Lab Halifax
vs
Photograph of Gareth Thomas
Gareth Thomas
Lab Harrow West

Voting alignment

Kate Dearden and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 267 shared comparable votes.

267 same votes 0 different votes 267 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
34 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
34 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
19 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
34 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
19 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

86.1%
13% above average
Rank 74 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
508
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
247
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
261
51.4% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

82
-2.8 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 650
Appearances
43
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 495 of 650
206
+58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 650
Contributions
48
-99.7 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£175,203
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£175,203
23% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
7
2 registered categories
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API