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Mr Paul Foster vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

326 same votes 7 different votes 333 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
44 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
44 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
44 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

82.2%
10% above average
Rank 148 of 650
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 650
523
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,610
2,422 eligible divisions
263
50.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
909
56.5% of votes cast
260
49.7% of votes cast
No votes
701
43.5% of votes cast
8
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

53
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 650
Appearances
52
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 650
92
-75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650
Contributions
58
-109.1 vs Commons average
Rank 517 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,848
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 212 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
Transport
31 of 32 votes
#5
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API