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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Brendan O'Hara

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

Photograph of Nick Thomas-Symonds
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Lab Torfaen
vs
Photograph of Brendan O'Hara
Brendan O'Hara
SNP Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Brendan O'Hara voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 939 shared comparable votes.

876 same votes 63 different votes 939 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
33 Aye 69 No
Migration 100% aligned 102 shared votes
33 Aye 69 No
24 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 19 No
Benefits 79% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
93 Aye 47 No
Tax 86% aligned 140 shared votes
89 Aye 51 No
5 Aye 2 No
Education 86% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
19 Aye 14 No
Defence 88% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 91% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 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
58.6 %
15 % below average
Rank 588 of 648
1,457
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,355
2,312 eligible divisions
842
57.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
745
55.0 % of votes cast
615
42.2 % of votes cast
No votes
610
45.0 % 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
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

38
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 648
Appearances
41
-18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 648
265
+157.1 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 648
Contributions
46
-61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 471 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
£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£358,048
58 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 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
Migration
161 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Trade
68 of 88 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
Defence
44 of 59 votes
#4
Trade
72 of 88 votes
Environment / Climate
33 of 45 votes
#5
Benefits
65 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms 24 Feb 2026
Education
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 23 Feb 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1 23 Feb 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 12 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 62 stand part 12 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 19 Nov 2025
Migration
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Welfare 15 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 50 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Opposition Day: UK-EU Summit 13 May 2025
No
No
Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: Amendment 288 11 Mar 2025
Work / Employment
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading 10 Feb 2025
Migration
No
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