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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Jeff Smith

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Jeff Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,090 shared comparable votes.

1,077 same votes 13 different votes 1,090 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
86 Aye 55 No
Tax 100% aligned 141 shared votes
86 Aye 55 No
53 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 109 shared votes
53 Aye 56 No
24 Aye 62 No
Migration 100% aligned 86 shared votes
24 Aye 62 No
29 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 19 No
Trade 100% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 9 No
Energy 97% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
81 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 110 shared votes
78 Aye 32 No
86 Aye 55 No
Tax 100% aligned 141 shared votes
86 Aye 55 No
53 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 109 shared votes
53 Aye 56 No
24 Aye 62 No
Migration 100% aligned 86 shared votes
24 Aye 62 No

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

Voting record

62.4%
10% below average
Rank 549 of 650
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 650
1,501
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,914
2,405 eligible divisions
857
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
54.3% of votes cast
644
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
875
45.7% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

57
-31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 650
Appearances
54
-34.8 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
416
+261.4 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 650
Contributions
70
-84.6 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
181 of 212 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 82 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Trade
71 of 94 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API