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Mrs Kemi Badenoch vs Gareth Thomas

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

Photograph of Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex
vs
Photograph of Gareth Thomas
Gareth Thomas
Lab Harrow West

Voting alignment

Mrs Kemi Badenoch and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,018 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 976 different votes 1,018 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
5 Aye 20 No
Education 8% aligned 25 shared votes
22 Aye 3 No
71 Aye 37 No
Migration 4% aligned 108 shared votes
35 Aye 73 No
14 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
58 Aye 93 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 151 shared votes
93 Aye 58 No
44 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 88 shared votes
46 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 59 shared votes
32 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 17 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

66.7%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
1,415
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
702
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
713
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
3
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

66
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 650
Appearances
43
-40.6 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 650
277
+131.3 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 650
Contributions
48
-97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£278,687
23% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
19
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
4
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

Brexit / EU
167 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Trade
73 of 87 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Migration
134 of 163 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Energy
45 of 59 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
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