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Sarah Bool vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Bool and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 263 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 259 different votes 263 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
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
43 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
43 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
20 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

70.8%
2% below average
Rank 409 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
418
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
177
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
241
57.7% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

94
+11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
110
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 304 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

£188,791
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£188,791
17% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
9
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
35 of 39 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Crime / Justice
53 of 62 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API