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Mark Garnier vs Nick Thomas-Symonds

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

Photograph of Mark Garnier
Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest
vs
Photograph of Nick Thomas-Symonds
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Lab Torfaen

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Nick Thomas-Symonds voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,287 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 1,214 different votes 1,287 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
12 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
72 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 178 shared votes
111 Aye 67 No
13 Aye 22 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 22 No
Energy 6% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
33 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
62.6%
10% below average
Rank 549 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
852
57.3% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
636
42.7% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.8% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Contributions
418
+274.5 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£255,367
13% above average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
4
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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
71 of 91 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
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