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Mike Wood vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Mike Wood and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,329 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,271 different votes 1,329 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
17 Aye 23 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
70 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 125 shared votes
59 Aye 66 No
10 Aye 15 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 39 No
Education 4% aligned 53 shared votes
41 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
63 Aye 117 No
Tax 0% aligned 180 shared votes
117 Aye 63 No
30 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
34 Aye 30 No
29 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 72 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
2,049
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
986
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
1,063
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

112
+28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Appearances
43
-40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 649
149
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 649
Contributions
48
-97.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£275,907
22% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
5
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Migration
162 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Trade
84 of 91 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Housing
61 of 67 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API