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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Sir Edward Leigh

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,161 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,110 different votes 1,161 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 9 No
Energy 8% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 4% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
100 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 165 shared votes
67 Aye 98 No
Most different by topic
107 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 160 shared votes
53 Aye 107 No
24 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 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
75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 308 of 648
1,457
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,744
2,312 eligible divisions
842
57.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
818
46.9 % of votes cast
615
42.2 % of votes cast
No votes
926
53.1 % of votes cast
10
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
42 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 648
Appearances
142
+81.6 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 648
282
+173.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 648
Contributions
163
+54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 102 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Trade
68 of 88 votes
#3
Defence
50 of 59 votes
Defence
44 of 59 votes
#4
Energy
54 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
33 of 45 votes
#5
Tax
254 of 318 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API