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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Sir Mel Stride

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

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Nick Thomas-Symonds
Lab Torfaen
vs
Photograph of Sir Mel Stride
Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,235 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,171 different votes 1,235 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 8 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
110 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 176 shared votes
69 Aye 107 No
14 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 14 No
Education 5% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
34 Aye 70 No
Migration 4% aligned 104 shared votes
68 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 56 shared votes
34 Aye 22 No
33 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 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
78.1 %
5 % above average
Rank 245 of 649
1,477
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,843
2,361 eligible divisions
851
57.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
48.4 % of votes cast
626
42.4 % of votes cast
No votes
951
51.6 % of votes cast
10
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

48
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650
Appearances
28
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650
413
+274.7 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 650
Contributions
46
-92.3 vs Commons average
Rank 510 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
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
20
6 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 43 votes
#5
Trade
75 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
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
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
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
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
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