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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Matt Vickers

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 Matt Vickers
Matt Vickers
Con Stockton West

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Matt Vickers voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 785 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 748 different votes 785 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
19 Aye 3 No
Energy 9% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 15 No
Benefits 7% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
31 Aye 57 No
Migration 3% aligned 88 shared votes
54 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

62.7%
10% below average
Rank 552 of 650
Participation
78.5%
6% above average
Rank 231 of 650
1,492
2,381 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,306
1,663 eligible divisions
853
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
626
47.9% of votes cast
639
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
680
52.1% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

59
-26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 650
Appearances
100
+14.8 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650
425
+276.4 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 650
Contributions
193
+44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 150 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
£1,218,799
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£295,321
31% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Foreign Affairs
51 of 51 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 70 votes
#2
Trade
48 of 53 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
56 of 63 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
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
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: 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
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