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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 4% of the time, based on 765 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 731 different votes 765 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
31 Aye 56 No
Migration 3% aligned 87 shared votes
53 Aye 34 No
53 Aye 31 No
Tax 2% aligned 84 shared votes
29 Aye 55 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
25 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 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

63.0 %
10 % below average
Rank 548 of 648
Participation
79.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 233 of 648
1,457
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,262
1,594 eligible divisions
842
57.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
603
47.8 % of votes cast
615
42.2 % of votes cast
No votes
659
52.2 % of votes cast
10
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 648
Appearances
58
-2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 648
282
+173.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 648
Contributions
85
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 648

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
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
0
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
50 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
46 of 50 votes
Trade
68 of 88 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
56 of 63 votes
Defence
44 of 59 votes
#4
Migration
135 of 152 votes
Environment / Climate
33 of 45 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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