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Mike Kane vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Mike Kane and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,356 shared comparable votes.

1,341 same votes 15 different votes 1,356 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
115 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 174 shared votes
115 Aye 59 No
106 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 168 shared votes
106 Aye 62 No
40 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 122 shared votes
40 Aye 82 No
26 Aye 34 No
Transport 100% aligned 60 shared votes
26 Aye 34 No
44 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 55 shared votes
44 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
55 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 113 shared votes
55 Aye 58 No
33 Aye 31 No
Trade 98% aligned 64 shared votes
32 Aye 32 No
115 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 174 shared votes
115 Aye 59 No
106 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 168 shared votes
106 Aye 62 No

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

Voting record

72.3%
same as average
Rank 374 of 650
Participation
66.6%
6% below average
Rank 485 of 650
1,735
2,401 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,598
2,401 eligible divisions
979
56.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
56.3% of votes cast
756
43.6% of votes cast
No votes
698
43.7% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
12 years, 8 months
Since 13 Feb 2014
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

39
-48.2 vs Commons average
Rank 517 of 650
Appearances
44
-43.2 vs Commons average
Rank 504 of 650
54
-98.0 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 650
Contributions
48
-104.0 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,395,924
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£291,311
29% 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

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
70 of 76 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
56 of 76 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API