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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Ruth Jones

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 Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Lab Newport West and Islwyn

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Ruth Jones voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 862 shared comparable votes.

861 same votes 1 different votes 862 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
64 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
64 Aye 35 No
44 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 93 shared votes
44 Aye 49 No
26 Aye 61 No
Migration 100% aligned 87 shared votes
26 Aye 61 No
31 Aye 32 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
64 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
64 Aye 35 No
44 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 93 shared votes
44 Aye 49 No
26 Aye 61 No
Migration 100% aligned 87 shared votes
26 Aye 61 No
31 Aye 32 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

62.8 %
10 % below average
Rank 548 of 647
Participation
78.0 %
5 % above average
Rank 248 of 647
1,465
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,302
1,669 eligible divisions
843
57.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
681
52.3 % of votes cast
622
42.5 % of votes cast
No votes
621
47.7 % of votes cast
10
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
7 years, 2 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

39
-27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 650
Appearances
36
-30.2 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 650
266
+148.2 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 650
Contributions
46
-71.8 vs Commons average
Rank 489 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
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
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 38 votes
Trade
68 of 88 votes
#3
Education
60 of 68 votes
Defence
49 of 64 votes
#4
Migration
134 of 152 votes
Environment / Climate
33 of 45 votes
#5
Work / Employment
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
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