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Kim Leadbeater vs Gareth Thomas

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

Photograph of Kim Leadbeater
Kim Leadbeater
Lab Spen Valley
vs
Photograph of Gareth Thomas
Gareth Thomas
Lab Harrow West

Voting alignment

Kim Leadbeater and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 780 shared comparable votes.

780 same votes 0 different votes 780 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
73 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 119 shared votes
73 Aye 46 No
31 Aye 61 No
Migration 100% aligned 92 shared votes
31 Aye 61 No
42 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 86 shared votes
42 Aye 44 No
32 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
32 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 22 No
Defence 100% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
73 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 119 shared votes
73 Aye 46 No
31 Aye 61 No
Migration 100% aligned 92 shared votes
31 Aye 61 No
42 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 86 shared votes
42 Aye 44 No
32 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
32 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 22 No
Defence 100% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

82.3%
10% above average
Rank 146 of 650
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 485 of 650
1,127
1,370 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,600
2,406 eligible divisions
580
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
901
56.3% of votes cast
547
48.5% 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
5 years, 3 months
Since 1 Jul 2021
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

14
-79.0 vs Commons average
Rank 619 of 650
Appearances
52
-41.0 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 650
23
-139.0 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 650
Contributions
56
-106.0 vs Commons average
Rank 512 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,032,995
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£309,696
37% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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

Education
63 of 65 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 212 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 40 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Crime / Justice
133 of 146 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
40 of 44 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
Devolution / Local Government
48 of 54 votes
#5
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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