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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Zarah Sultana

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 Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 838 shared comparable votes.

795 same votes 43 different votes 838 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
24 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 18 No
Benefits 77% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 88% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
47 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 89% aligned 95 shared votes
43 Aye 52 No
20 Aye 20 No
Trade 93% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 22 No
Transport 94% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 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
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
852
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.6% of votes cast
636
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
599
48.4% 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

56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 649
Appearances
18
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
419
+273.1 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Contributions
20
-125.9 vs Commons average
Rank 606 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
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
6 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
46 of 54 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
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
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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