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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Ben Lake voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 1,090 shared comparable votes.

997 same votes 93 different votes 1,090 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
93 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 159 shared votes
93 Aye 66 No
32 Aye 66 No
Migration 100% aligned 98 shared votes
32 Aye 66 No
32 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
85 Aye 44 No
Tax 79% aligned 129 shared votes
82 Aye 47 No
23 Aye 19 No
Benefits 81% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 5 No
Housing 83% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 17 No
Defence 87% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 2 No
Education 90% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

63.0 %
10 % below average
Rank 548 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,457
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
842
57.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
615
42.2 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
10
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

38
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
265
+157.1 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 648
Contributions
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
180 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Trade
68 of 88 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Defence
44 of 59 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
33 of 45 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API