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Mrs Elsie Blundell vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Mrs Elsie Blundell and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 332 shared comparable votes.

326 same votes 6 different votes 332 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
48 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
48 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
48 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

82.9%
11% above average
Rank 135 of 650
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 650
527
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,610
2,422 eligible divisions
260
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
909
56.5% of votes cast
267
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
701
43.5% of votes cast
10
1.9% 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

74
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 650
Appearances
52
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 650
101
-66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 386 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

£161,906
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£161,906
28% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
4
3 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 212 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
Transport
30 of 32 votes
#5
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API