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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs John Lamont

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

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Nick Thomas-Symonds
Lab Torfaen
vs
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John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and John Lamont voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,154 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,103 different votes 1,154 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
14 Aye 15 No
Benefits 7% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 7% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 10 No
Energy 6% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
31 Aye 65 No
Migration 4% aligned 96 shared votes
63 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
31 Aye 34 No
33 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
18 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 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 551 of 649
Participation
85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 97 of 649
1,477
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,790
2,106 eligible divisions
851
57.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
864
48.3 % of votes cast
626
42.4 % of votes cast
No votes
926
51.7 % of votes cast
10
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

48
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650
Appearances
148
+70.1 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 650
413
+274.7 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 650
Contributions
236
+97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 92 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
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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

Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 43 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 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
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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