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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Priti Patel

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 Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Priti Patel voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 982 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 928 different votes 982 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
3 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 8 No
Energy 5% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
106 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 168 shared votes
60 Aye 108 No
15 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 55 No
Migration 4% aligned 75 shared votes
52 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 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
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
852
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
636
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Appearances
68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
418
+274.5 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Contributions
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 348 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
14
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
189 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 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
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 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
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
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
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