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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Sir John Hayes

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 John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,237 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,174 different votes 1,237 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
26 Aye 11 No
Energy 5% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
107 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 173 shared votes
65 Aye 108 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
19 Aye 33 No
25 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 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 551 of 649
Participation
81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 162 of 649
1,477
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,933
2,361 eligible divisions
851
57.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
913
47.2 % of votes cast
626
42.4 % of votes cast
No votes
1,020
52.8 % of votes cast
10
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

48
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650
Appearances
110
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 650
413
+274.7 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 650
Contributions
231
+92.7 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
202 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 43 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
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
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 Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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