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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 1,179 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,124 different votes 1,179 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
31 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 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

62.6%
10% below average
Rank 549 of 649
Participation
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
852
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
49.4% of votes cast
636
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
909
50.6% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% 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
18
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 649
418
+274.5 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Contributions
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 595 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
£1,900,002
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
1
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
44 of 46 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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
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
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