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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Sarah Olney

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 Sarah Olney
Sarah Olney
LD Richmond Park

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Sarah Olney voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 812 shared comparable votes.

694 same votes 118 different votes 812 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
19 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 61 No
Migration 99% aligned 80 shared votes
18 Aye 62 No
21 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 41% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
57 Aye 35 No
Tax 66% aligned 92 shared votes
58 Aye 34 No
17 Aye 17 No
Benefits 71% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 72% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
24 Aye 18 No
Defence 74% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 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 551 of 649
Participation
70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,477
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,158
1,643 eligible divisions
851
57.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
625
54.0 % of votes cast
626
42.4 % of votes cast
No votes
533
46.0 % of votes cast
10
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

48
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650
Appearances
144
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650
413
+274.7 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 650
Contributions
191
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 132 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
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
47 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 43 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading 10 Sep 2025
Transport
Aye
No
Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 58 10 Sep 2025
Transport
No
Aye
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 4 Sep 2025
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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