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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Paulette Hamilton

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 Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 481 shared comparable votes.

481 same votes 0 different votes 481 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
20 Aye 51 No
Migration 100% aligned 71 shared votes
20 Aye 51 No
36 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
36 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 51 No
Migration 100% aligned 71 shared votes
20 Aye 51 No
36 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
36 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

62.5%
10% below average
Rank 551 of 650
Participation
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 338 of 650
1,509
2,413 eligible divisions
Total votes
891
1,207 eligible divisions
865
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
443
49.7% of votes cast
644
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.3% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 8 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

61
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
Appearances
57
-36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
403
+240.1 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650
Contributions
68
-94.9 vs Commons average
Rank 481 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
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
181 of 212 votes
#1
Education
55 of 61 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 82 votes
#2
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Trade
71 of 94 votes
#3
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Work / Employment
57 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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