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Sir Ashley Fox vs Gareth Thomas

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

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Sir Ashley Fox
Con Bridgwater
vs
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Gareth Thomas
Lab Harrow West

Voting alignment

Sir Ashley Fox and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 254 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 239 different votes 254 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
3 Aye 4 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
28 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
39 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
39 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
11 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

76.9%
4% above average
Rank 267 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
454
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
206
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
248
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
15
3.3% 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

171
+88.7 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
251
+107.5 vs Commons average
Rank 87 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

£159,406
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£159,406
30% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
3
3 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

Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Tax
99 of 112 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
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