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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Hilary Benn
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Nick Thomas-Symonds and Hilary Benn voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,383 shared comparable votes.
1,371 same votes
12 different votes
1,383 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
62.3%
10% below average
Participation
77.4%
5% above average
1,492
2,396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,855
2,396 eligible divisions
853
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,046
56.4% of votes cast
639
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
809
43.6% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Debates
61
-26.2 vs Commons average
Appearances
61
-26.2 vs Commons average
433
+281.0 vs Commons average
Contributions
407
+255.0 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API