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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Claire Coutinho

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 Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 792 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 748 different votes 792 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
19 Aye 3 No
Energy 9% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 15 No
Benefits 8% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 8 No
Education 4% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 91 shared votes
42 Aye 49 No
23 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

62.6%
10% below average
Rank 549 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
852
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
636
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Appearances
53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
418
+274.5 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Contributions
108
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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

Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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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