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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs David Simmonds

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 David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and David Simmonds voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 782 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 737 different votes 782 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
14 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 3 No
Energy 9% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 14 No
Benefits 8% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 7 No
Education 5% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
30 Aye 61 No
Migration 4% aligned 91 shared votes
57 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
852
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
636
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% 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
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
418
+274.5 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Contributions
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 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
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 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
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
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