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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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 Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,258 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,190 different votes 1,258 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 8 No
Energy 9% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
30 Aye 31 No
Trade 7% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
10 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
31 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
852
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
636
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 649
Appearances
99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
419
+273.1 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Contributions
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
208 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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