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Lewis Cocking vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Lewis Cocking and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 279 different votes 284 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
38 Aye 27 No
2 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
21 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
38 Aye 27 No
2 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
21 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

78.0%
5% above average
Rank 246 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
211
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
249
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

112
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
157
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 188 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

£181,438
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£181,438
20% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
3
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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API