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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Gareth Thomas
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,212 shared comparable votes.
58 same votes
1,154 different votes
1,212 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
72.4%
same as average
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
48
-95.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
4
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API