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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Greg Smith

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 Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Greg Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 842 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 810 different votes 842 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
20 Aye 3 No
Energy 9% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 15 No
Benefits 7% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
61 Aye 36 No
Tax 3% aligned 97 shared votes
33 Aye 64 No
51 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 99 shared votes
48 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 99 shared votes
48 Aye 51 No
32 Aye 62 No
Migration 0% aligned 94 shared votes
62 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

63.0 %
10 % below average
Rank 548 of 648
Participation
89.2 %
16 % above average
Rank 39 of 648
1,457
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,422
1,594 eligible divisions
842
57.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
689
48.5 % of votes cast
615
42.2 % of votes cast
No votes
733
51.5 % of votes cast
10
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.5 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 648
Appearances
161
+100.6 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 648
282
+173.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 648
Contributions
231
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Trade
68 of 88 votes
#3
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Defence
44 of 59 votes
#4
Migration
148 of 152 votes
Environment / Climate
33 of 45 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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