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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Neil O'Brien

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 Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,160 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,107 different votes 1,160 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
18 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 7% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 9 No
Energy 6% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
92 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 156 shared votes
65 Aye 91 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
14 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 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
85.2 %
12 % above average
Rank 107 of 648
1,457
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,752
2,057 eligible divisions
842
57.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
860
49.1 % of votes cast
615
42.2 % of votes cast
No votes
892
50.9 % of votes cast
10
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % 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
31
-29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 648
282
+173.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 648
Contributions
36
-72.9 vs Commons average
Rank 524 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 43 votes
Trade
68 of 88 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Defence
44 of 59 votes
#4
Defence
55 of 59 votes
Environment / Climate
33 of 45 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 84 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
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 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
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 18 Jul 2023
Aye
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