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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Dame Caroline Dinenage

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 Dame Caroline Dinenage
Dame Caroline Dinenage
Con Gosport

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Dame Caroline Dinenage voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,213 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 1,151 different votes 1,213 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
16 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
32 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 12 No
Energy 6% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 14 No
Education 6% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 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
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 649
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
852
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
48.9% of votes cast
636
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
941
51.1% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 649
419
+273.1 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Contributions
98
-47.9 vs Commons average
Rank 342 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
£2,521,725
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£285,728
26% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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: 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 18 Jul 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
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