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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Sir Roger Gale

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 Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 896 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 827 different votes 896 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
15 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 6 No
Energy 12% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
23 Aye 27 No
Trade 8% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 11 No
Benefits 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 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
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
852
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
636
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

55
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Appearances
109
+27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
418
+275.8 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 649
Contributions
95
-47.2 vs Commons average
Rank 344 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
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
Housing
48 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
No
Health and Care Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 29 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
No
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Regulations (Face Coverings) SI No 1400 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Motion No. 4 - Health Protection (Coronavirus, restrictions) (Self-isolation) 30 Nov 2021
Aye
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