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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Gareth Davies

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 Gareth Davies
Gareth Davies
Con Grantham and Bourne

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Gareth Davies voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 837 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 794 different votes 837 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
19 Aye 4 No
Energy 9% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 15 No
Benefits 7% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 7 No
Education 4% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 47 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 93 shared votes
47 Aye 46 No
24 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 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 129 of 649
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,380
1,658 eligible divisions
852
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
691
50.1% of votes cast
636
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
689
49.9% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2% 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
48
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
418
+274.5 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Contributions
62
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 469 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
£1,160,498
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£271,157
20% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
147 of 154 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
155 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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