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Sir Geoffrey Cox vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Sir Geoffrey Cox and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,129 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,081 different votes 1,129 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
9 Aye 10 No
Energy 5% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
53 Aye 97 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 150 shared votes
98 Aye 52 No
70 Aye 40 No
Migration 5% aligned 110 shared votes
37 Aye 73 No
14 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
61 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 104 shared votes
45 Aye 59 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 25 No
Trade 0% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 18 No
Benefits 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
1,571
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
740
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
831
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

8
-75.6 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 650
Appearances
43
-40.6 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 650
13
-132.7 vs Commons average
Rank 621 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

£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£264,705
17% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
16
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

Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Defence
52 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API