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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Dame Karen Bradley

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

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Nick Thomas-Symonds
Lab Torfaen
vs
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Dame Karen Bradley
Con Staffordshire Moorlands

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Dame Karen Bradley voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,060 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 996 different votes 1,060 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
17 Aye 29 No
Migration 9% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 10 No
Energy 6% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 14 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
105 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 163 shared votes
62 Aye 101 No
16 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 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
67.0%
6% below average
Rank 477 of 649
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,592
2,376 eligible divisions
852
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
744
46.7% of votes cast
636
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
848
53.3% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
418
+274.5 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 405 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
£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£283,093
25% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
188 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
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