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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 494 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 471 different votes 494 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
12 Aye 4 No
Education 6% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 4 No
Energy 4% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 51 No
Migration 4% aligned 76 shared votes
48 Aye 28 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
5 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 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

63.0 %
10 % below average
Rank 548 of 648
Participation
81.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 183 of 648
1,457
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
961
1,182 eligible divisions
842
57.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
480
49.9 % of votes cast
615
42.2 % of votes cast
No votes
481
50.1 % of votes cast
10
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 6 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 648
Appearances
54
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 648
282
+173.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 648
Contributions
188
+79.1 vs Commons average
Rank 85 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
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
4 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
Trade
68 of 88 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Defence
44 of 59 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 134 votes
Environment / Climate
33 of 45 votes
#5
Trade
25 of 27 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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
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
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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