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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Colum Eastwood

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
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Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 633 shared comparable votes.

609 same votes 24 different votes 633 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
30 Aye 56 No
Migration 100% aligned 86 shared votes
30 Aye 56 No
36 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 77 shared votes
36 Aye 41 No
22 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 18 No
Trade 100% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 16 No
Benefits 79% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
3 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 88% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
46 Aye 24 No
Tax 91% aligned 70 shared votes
42 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
30 Aye 56 No
Migration 100% aligned 86 shared votes
30 Aye 56 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 551 of 649
Participation
53.7 %
19 % below average
Rank 611 of 649
1,477
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
882
1,643 eligible divisions
851
57.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
485
55.0 % of votes cast
626
42.4 % of votes cast
No votes
397
45.0 % of votes cast
10
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

48
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650
Appearances
17
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
413
+274.7 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 650
Contributions
28
-110.3 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
48 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 43 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D 22 May 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
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