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Gavin Robinson vs Nick Thomas-Symonds

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

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Gavin Robinson
DUP Belfast East
vs
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Nick Thomas-Symonds
Lab Torfaen

Voting alignment

Gavin Robinson and Nick Thomas-Symonds voted the same way 25% of the time, based on 1,066 shared comparable votes.

267 same votes 799 different votes 1,066 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 11 No
Defence 58% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
37 Aye 31 No
Migration 47% aligned 68 shared votes
17 Aye 51 No
14 Aye 16 No
Benefits 47% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 44% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 39% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 14% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
59 Aye 101 No
Brexit / EU 14% aligned 160 shared votes
99 Aye 61 No
13 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 15% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 15% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
58 Aye 81 No
Tax 16% aligned 139 shared votes
91 Aye 48 No

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

Voting record

64.6 %
8 % below average
Rank 523 of 649
Participation
62.6 %
10 % below average
Rank 551 of 649
1,525
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,477
2,361 eligible divisions
772
50.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
851
57.6 % of votes cast
753
49.4 % of votes cast
No votes
626
42.4 % of votes cast
7
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.7 % of votes cast
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

62
-16.0 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
Appearances
48
-30.0 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 649
100
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 649
Contributions
413
+274.5 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,803,428
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
£220,061
3 % below average
Latest expenses
£255,367
13 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Trade
71 of 91 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 230 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 66 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms 24 Feb 2026
Education
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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