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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Stuart Anderson

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 Stuart Anderson
Stuart Anderson
Con South Shropshire

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Stuart Anderson voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 728 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 686 different votes 728 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
6 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 4 No
Energy 8% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 7% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 6 No
Education 6% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 92 shared votes
41 Aye 51 No
55 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
29 Aye 55 No
20 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 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
76.0%
3% above average
Rank 286 of 649
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,260
1,658 eligible divisions
852
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
607
48.2% of votes cast
636
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
653
51.8% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Appearances
64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 349 of 649
418
+274.5 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Contributions
110
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 309 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
£1,320,074
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£303,089
34% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Energy
42 of 48 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
145 of 174 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
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 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
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