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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Dr Caroline Johnson

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 Dr Caroline Johnson
Dr Caroline Johnson
Con Sleaford and North Hykeham

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Dr Caroline Johnson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,199 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,135 different votes 1,199 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
18 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 6% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
108 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 173 shared votes
66 Aye 107 No
11 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
34 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
17 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 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
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 138 of 649
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,836
2,216 eligible divisions
852
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
896
48.8% of votes cast
636
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
940
51.2% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 9 months
Since 8 Dec 2016

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Appearances
142
+59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 649
418
+274.5 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Contributions
402
+258.5 vs Commons average
Rank 36 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
£1,451,695
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£229,187
1% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
154 of 164 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 89 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 65 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: 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
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
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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