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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Esther McVey

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 Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 950 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 899 different votes 950 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
9 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 31% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 14 No
Benefits 12% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 8 No
Energy 8% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
47 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 84 shared votes
40 Aye 44 No
8 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
73 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 109 shared votes
36 Aye 73 No
28 Aye 25 No
Trade 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
30 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% 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
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
852
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
636
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
418
+274.5 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Contributions
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
4
2 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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 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
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: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
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
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
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