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Rachel Taylor vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Taylor and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

287 same votes 0 different votes 287 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
40 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
40 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 16 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
40 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 16 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

79.2%
7% above average
Rank 220 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
467
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
228
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
239
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

124
+40.4 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 650
Appearances
43
-40.6 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 650
184
+38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 155 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

£240,723
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£240,723
6% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
9
4 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

Migration
13 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Crime / Justice
53 of 62 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

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