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Josh Newbury vs Nick Thomas-Symonds

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


Voting alignment

Josh Newbury and Nick Thomas-Symonds voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 219 shared comparable votes.

217 same votes 2 different votes 219 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
28 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 7 No
Transport 100% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 4 No
Defence 100% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 7 No
Transport 100% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 4 No
Defence 100% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

84.6%
12% above average
Rank 99 of 650
Participation
62.6%
10% below average
Rank 549 of 650
534
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,513
2,417 eligible divisions
282
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
866
57.2% of votes cast
252
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
647
42.8% of votes cast
13
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

163
+68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650
Appearances
63
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 650
192
+27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 650
Contributions
405
+240.4 vs Commons average
Rank 41 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£109,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
£109,414
52% below average
Latest expenses
£255,367
13% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
181 of 212 votes
Trade
10 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#3
Trade
71 of 94 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API