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Nick Smith vs Gareth Thomas
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Nick Smith and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,304 shared comparable votes.
1,302 same votes
2 different votes
1,304 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
74.8%
3% above average
Participation
66.5%
5% below average
1,771
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,574
2,368 eligible divisions
1,013
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
895
56.9% of votes cast
758
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
679
43.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
95
+15.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
40
-40.0 vs Commons average
125
-14.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
45
-94.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021
13 Jul 2021
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API