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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Mrs Kemi Badenoch

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 Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Mrs Kemi Badenoch voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 990 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 941 different votes 990 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
16 Aye 4 No
Education 10% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 9 No
Energy 6% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
31 Aye 50 No
Migration 5% aligned 81 shared votes
48 Aye 33 No
17 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
89 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 147 shared votes
58 Aye 89 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 59 shared votes
27 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 29 shared votes
18 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 549 of 649
Participation
66.7%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 649
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,415
2,121 eligible divisions
852
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
702
49.6% of votes cast
636
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
713
50.4% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Appearances
66
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
418
+274.5 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Contributions
277
+133.5 vs Commons average
Rank 68 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
£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£278,687
23% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
19
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
167 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
73 of 87 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
134 of 163 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
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