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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Sir Julian 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 Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,199 shared comparable votes.

87 same votes 1,112 different votes 1,199 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
18 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
92 Aye 54 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 146 shared votes
58 Aye 88 No
30 Aye 11 No
Energy 7% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 11 No
Education 6% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
852
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
636
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

55
-26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 649
Appearances
97
+15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
418
+275.5 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Contributions
115
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 283 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 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
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
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