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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Sir Julian Lewis

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 Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,210 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 1,134 different votes 1,210 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
24 Aye 20 No
Defence 14% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
62 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 116 shared votes
54 Aye 62 No
20 Aye 15 No
Benefits 9% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
33 Aye 32 No
Trade 8% aligned 65 shared votes
31 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 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
15 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
852
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
47.3% of votes cast
636
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Appearances
361
+278.7 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
418
+274.5 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Contributions
478
+334.5 vs Commons average
Rank 23 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
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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
193 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 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
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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