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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Mr Louie French

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 Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Mr Louie French voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 519 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 493 different votes 519 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 4 No
Education 6% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 4 No
Energy 4% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 60 shared votes
26 Aye 34 No
14 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 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
80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
999
1,246 eligible divisions
852
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
504
50.5% of votes cast
636
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
495
49.5% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
419
+273.1 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Contributions
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 410 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
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 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
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
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
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
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
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
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