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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Jesse Norman

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 Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Jesse Norman voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,124 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,060 different votes 1,124 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
15 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 15% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
28 Aye 10 No
Energy 8% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 6% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
107 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 171 shared votes
65 Aye 106 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 67 shared votes
34 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 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
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
852
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
636
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
418
+274.5 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Contributions
101
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 331 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
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
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: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
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