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Martin Vickers vs Nick Thomas-Symonds

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

Photograph of Martin Vickers
Martin Vickers
Con Brigg and Immingham
vs
Photograph of Nick Thomas-Symonds
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Lab Torfaen

Voting alignment

Martin Vickers and Nick Thomas-Symonds voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,308 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 1,234 different votes 1,308 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 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 26 No
Energy 8% aligned 39 shared votes
29 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 21 No
Benefits 7% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 16 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 19 shared votes
17 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 95 of 649
Participation
62.6%
10% below average
Rank 549 of 649
2,019
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
959
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
852
57.3% of votes cast
1,060
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
636
42.7% of votes cast
26
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

155
+72.7 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 194 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

£2,256,309
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
£210,269
7% below average
Latest expenses
£255,367
13% above average
8
4 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

Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#3
Trade
71 of 91 votes
Migration
160 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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