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Wera Hobhouse vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 1,186 shared comparable votes.

970 same votes 216 different votes 1,186 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
94 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 156 shared votes
94 Aye 62 No
20 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
24 Aye 78 No
Migration 97% aligned 102 shared votes
27 Aye 75 No
24 Aye 31 No
Trade 95% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 17 No
Education 43% aligned 42 shared votes
31 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
83 Aye 54 No
Tax 64% aligned 137 shared votes
95 Aye 42 No
21 Aye 18 No
Benefits 64% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 22 No
Defence 69% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

73.0%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 650
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 485 of 650
1,571
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,600
2,406 eligible divisions
857
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
901
56.3% of votes cast
714
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
699
43.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

155
+62.0 vs Commons average
Rank 83 of 650
Appearances
52
-41.0 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 650
218
+56.0 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
Contributions
56
-106.0 vs Commons average
Rank 512 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
12
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

#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 212 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 189 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
Trade
70 of 90 votes
#5
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API