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Peter Fortune vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Peter Fortune and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 260 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 255 different votes 260 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
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
41 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
41 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
21 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 375 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
188
44.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
238
55.9% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

121
+38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
145
+1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 649
Contributions
48
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£180,830
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£180,830
20% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
4
4 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Crime / Justice
50 of 62 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API