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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Mike Wood

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 Mike Wood
Mike Wood
Con Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Mike Wood voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,240 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,174 different votes 1,240 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
29 Aye 11 No
Energy 8% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 12 No
Education 6% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 67 No
Migration 4% aligned 94 shared votes
65 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
12 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 28 shared votes
17 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 551 of 649
Participation
86.3 %
14 % above average
Rank 69 of 649
1,477
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,038
2,361 eligible divisions
851
57.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
979
48.0 % of votes cast
626
42.4 % of votes cast
No votes
1,059
52.0 % of votes cast
10
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

48
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650
Appearances
105
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 650
413
+274.7 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 650
Contributions
138
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 201 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
£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£275,907
22 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
162 of 171 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 71 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Trade
84 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 43 votes
#5
Housing
60 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
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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