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Mike Martin vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Mike Martin and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 211 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 163 different votes 211 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
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 0 No
Energy 75% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 3 No
Benefits 33% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 15 No
Education 4% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
23 Aye 30 No
Tax 6% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 6 No
Defence 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

58.0%
15% below average
Rank 586 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
342
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
191
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
151
44.2% 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

114
+29.2 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 650
Appearances
43
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 495 of 650
150
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 211 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

£164,314
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£164,314
27% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
41
5 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

Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API