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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 981 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 933 different votes 981 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 49 No
Migration 5% aligned 80 shared votes
47 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
29 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 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

63.0 %
10 % below average
Rank 548 of 648
Participation
68.0 %
5 % below average
Rank 476 of 648
1,457
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,399
2,057 eligible divisions
842
57.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
693
49.5 % of votes cast
615
42.2 % of votes cast
No votes
706
50.5 % of votes cast
10
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 648
Appearances
50
-10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 648
282
+173.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 648
Contributions
208
+99.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 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
£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£278,687
23 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
15
5 registered categories
0
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
167 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
70 of 84 votes
Trade
68 of 88 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 161 votes
Defence
44 of 59 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
35 of 43 votes
Environment / Climate
33 of 45 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
No
Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory 28 Jan 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
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