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Paul Holmes vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 904 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 866 different votes 904 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
15 Aye 15 No
Benefits 7% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 21 No
Education 3% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
702
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
708
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

114
+30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 650
Appearances
43
-40.6 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 650
387
+241.3 vs Commons average
Rank 39 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

£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API