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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Mr Mark Francois

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
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Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,083 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,029 different votes 1,083 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
10 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
29 Aye 30 No
Trade 7% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
110 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 173 shared votes
61 Aye 112 No
12 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 11 No
Benefits 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 26 shared votes
14 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
67.8%
5% below average
Rank 466 of 649
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
852
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
46.5% of votes cast
636
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.5% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Appearances
127
+44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
418
+274.5 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Contributions
363
+219.5 vs Commons average
Rank 42 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
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
202 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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 Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
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