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Nigel Farage vs Gareth Thomas

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

Photograph of Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton
vs
Photograph of Gareth Thomas
Gareth Thomas
Lab Harrow West

Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 118 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 114 different votes 118 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
8 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
1 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
20 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
1 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
20 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 2 No
Education 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

0.0 %
73 % below average
Participation
66.4 %
6 % below average
Rank 493 of 649
0
0 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,568
2,361 eligible divisions
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
894
57.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
No votes
674
43.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
0 months
Since 13 Aug 2026
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

14
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 650
Appearances
40
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 495 of 650
16
-122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 650
Contributions
45
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£156,380
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£156,380
31 % below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30 % above average
35
7 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

No topic data
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
No topic data
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
No topic data
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
No topic data
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
No topic data
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
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