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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Sir Ashley Fox

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
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Photograph of Sir Ashley Fox
Sir Ashley Fox
Con Bridgwater

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Sir Ashley Fox voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 145 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 142 different votes 145 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
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

63.0 %
10 % below average
Rank 548 of 648
Participation
76.8 %
4 % above average
Rank 281 of 648
1,457
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
404
526 eligible divisions
842
57.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
174
43.1 % of votes cast
615
42.2 % of votes cast
No votes
230
56.9 % of votes cast
10
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 648
Appearances
115
+54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 648
282
+173.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 648
Contributions
175
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£159,406
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£159,406
30 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Trade
68 of 88 votes
#3
Tax
97 of 108 votes
Defence
44 of 59 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
33 of 45 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
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
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