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David Williams vs Nick Thomas-Symonds

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

Photograph of David Williams
David Williams
Lab Stoke-on-Trent North
vs
Photograph of Nick Thomas-Symonds
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Lab Torfaen

Voting alignment

David Williams and Nick Thomas-Symonds voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 199 shared comparable votes.

199 same votes 0 different votes 199 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
20 Aye 14 No
Tax 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 14 No
Tax 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

86.4%
14% above average
Rank 67 of 650
Participation
62.7%
10% below average
Rank 552 of 650
514
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,492
2,381 eligible divisions
262
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
853
57.2% of votes cast
252
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
639
42.8% of votes cast
15
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

61
-24.2 vs Commons average
Rank 376 of 650
Appearances
59
-26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 650
77
-71.6 vs Commons average
Rank 426 of 650
Contributions
425
+276.4 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£176,534
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
£176,534
22% below average
Latest expenses
£255,367
13% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 70 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#3
Trade
71 of 91 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
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