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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Gregory Stafford

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 Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Gregory Stafford voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 151 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 136 different votes 151 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 33% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 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
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 290 of 649
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
448
590 eligible divisions
852
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
208
46.4% of votes cast
636
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
240
53.6% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

55
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 649
Appearances
145
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
418
+275.7 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 649
Contributions
290
+147.7 vs Commons average
Rank 58 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
£192,386
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£192,386
15% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Tax
101 of 112 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Work / Employment
33 of 39 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Education
41 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
Energy
16 of 20 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
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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