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Rachel Hopkins vs Gareth Thomas

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

Photograph of Rachel Hopkins
Rachel Hopkins
Lab Luton South and South Bedfordshire
vs
Photograph of Gareth Thomas
Gareth Thomas
Lab Harrow West

Voting alignment

Rachel Hopkins and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,064 shared comparable votes.

1,064 same votes 0 different votes 1,064 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
97 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 146 shared votes
97 Aye 49 No
39 Aye 87 No
Migration 100% aligned 126 shared votes
39 Aye 87 No
52 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 114 shared votes
52 Aye 62 No
25 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
15 Aye 34 No
Transport 100% aligned 49 shared votes
15 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
97 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 146 shared votes
97 Aye 49 No
39 Aye 87 No
Migration 100% aligned 126 shared votes
39 Aye 87 No
52 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 114 shared votes
52 Aye 62 No
25 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
15 Aye 34 No
Transport 100% aligned 49 shared votes
15 Aye 34 No

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

Voting record

85.1%
13% above average
Rank 84 of 650
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 485 of 650
1,437
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,600
2,406 eligible divisions
758
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
901
56.3% of votes cast
679
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
699
43.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

84
-8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650
Appearances
51
-41.1 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 650
97
-63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 650
Contributions
55
-105.1 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£253,152
12% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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

Housing
53 of 54 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Education
65 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Migration
143 of 154 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 63 votes
#5
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API