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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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 Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,335 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,279 different votes 1,335 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
28 Aye 12 No
Energy 8% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
112 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 180 shared votes
68 Aye 112 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
34 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
21 Aye 34 No
30 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 48 shared votes
18 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 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
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,457
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
842
57.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
615
42.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
10
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
282
+173.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 648
Contributions
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 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
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Trade
68 of 88 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Defence
44 of 59 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Environment / Climate
33 of 45 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 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
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
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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