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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Suella Braverman

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 Suella Braverman
Suella Braverman
RUK Fareham and Waterlooville

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Suella Braverman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,127 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,067 different votes 1,127 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
26 Aye 8 No
Energy 9% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 4 No
Benefits 7% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 7% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
103 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 168 shared votes
63 Aye 105 No
18 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 57 shared votes
32 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 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 549 of 649
Participation
68.5%
4% below average
Rank 453 of 649
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,627
2,376 eligible divisions
852
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
765
47.0% of votes cast
636
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.0% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Appearances
59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 649
418
+274.5 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Contributions
73
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 428 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
£1,671,241
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£240,275
6% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
194 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
43 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 18 Jul 2023
Aye
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