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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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 Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,148 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,077 different votes 1,148 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
10 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 6% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
35 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 67 shared votes
34 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
852
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
636
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% 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
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
418
+274.5 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Contributions
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 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
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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