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Steve Race vs Gareth Thomas

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

Photograph of Steve Race
Steve Race
Lab Exeter
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Photograph of Gareth Thomas
Gareth Thomas
Lab Harrow West

Voting alignment

Steve Race and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 336 shared comparable votes.

336 same votes 0 different votes 336 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
41 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
41 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
41 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

85.8%
13% above average
Rank 79 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
506
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
269
53.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
237
46.8% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

98
+14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650
Appearances
43
-40.6 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 650
115
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 292 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

£194,803
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£194,803
14% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
3
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API