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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 4% of the time, based on 124 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 119 different votes 124 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
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
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
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

40.0%
33% below average
Rank 634 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
6
15 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
4
66.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
2
33.3% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
1 months
Since 13 Aug 2026
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

13
-70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 649
Appearances
43
-40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 649
15
-130.9 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 649
Contributions
48
-97.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£162,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£162,580
28% 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

Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
#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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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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