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Mark Garnier vs Gareth Thomas

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

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Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest
vs
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Gareth Thomas
Lab Harrow West

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,364 shared comparable votes.

78 same votes 1,286 different votes 1,364 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
15 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
68 Aye 110 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 178 shared votes
115 Aye 63 No
21 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 22 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 14 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
33 Aye 31 No
29 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 262 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

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
4
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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
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