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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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
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Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 1,029 shared comparable votes.

78 same votes 951 different votes 1,029 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
27 Aye 49 No
Migration 14% aligned 76 shared votes
40 Aye 36 No
15 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 9 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 8% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 8 No
Energy 6% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 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
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
852
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
636
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

55
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Appearances
62
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 649
418
+275.8 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 649
Contributions
72
-70.2 vs Commons average
Rank 432 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
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
181 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
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