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Stephen Doughty vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,246 shared comparable votes.

1,231 same votes 15 different votes 1,246 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
101 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 150 shared votes
101 Aye 49 No
57 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 117 shared votes
57 Aye 60 No
37 Aye 78 No
Migration 100% aligned 115 shared votes
37 Aye 78 No
29 Aye 31 No
Trade 100% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 25 No
Transport 100% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
96 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 157 shared votes
99 Aye 58 No
101 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 150 shared votes
101 Aye 49 No
57 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 117 shared votes
57 Aye 60 No
37 Aye 78 No
Migration 100% aligned 115 shared votes
37 Aye 78 No

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

Voting record

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 492 of 650
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 486 of 650
1,596
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,599
2,405 eligible divisions
913
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
56.3% of votes cast
683
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
699
43.7% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

81
-7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 650
Appearances
46
-42.4 vs Commons average
Rank 495 of 650
400
+246.1 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 650
Contributions
50
-103.9 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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
178 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 212 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 82 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes
#5
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API