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Lucy Powell vs Nick Thomas-Symonds

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


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Nick Thomas-Symonds voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,162 shared comparable votes.

1,155 same votes 7 different votes 1,162 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
109 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 173 shared votes
109 Aye 64 No
96 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 148 shared votes
96 Aye 52 No
55 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 108 shared votes
55 Aye 53 No
26 Aye 58 No
Migration 100% aligned 84 shared votes
26 Aye 58 No
27 Aye 22 No
Transport 100% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 30 No
Trade 98% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
109 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 173 shared votes
109 Aye 64 No
96 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 148 shared votes
96 Aye 52 No
55 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 108 shared votes
55 Aye 53 No
26 Aye 58 No
Migration 100% aligned 84 shared votes
26 Aye 58 No

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

Voting record

66.1%
6% below average
Rank 499 of 650
Participation
62.4%
10% below average
Rank 549 of 650
1,589
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,501
2,405 eligible divisions
889
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
857
57.1% of votes cast
700
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
644
42.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.8% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

24
-64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
Appearances
61
-27.8 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 650
223
+68.2 vs Commons average
Rank 121 of 650
Contributions
433
+278.2 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£255,367
13% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
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

Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
181 of 212 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 82 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
#3
Trade
71 of 94 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API