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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Dr Ellie Chowns

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 Ellie Chowns
Dr Ellie Chowns
Green North Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 54% of the time, based on 178 shared comparable votes.

97 same votes 81 different votes 178 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
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 5 No
Education 78% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 45% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 6 No
Transport 50% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 2 No
Trade 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
13 Aye 11 No
Tax 54% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
852
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
55.9% of votes cast
636
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
208
44.1% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 649
Appearances
232
+148.3 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
419
+273.1 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Contributions
347
+201.1 vs Commons average
Rank 48 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
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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