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Sarah Pochin vs Nick Thomas-Symonds

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

Photograph of Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby
vs
Photograph of Nick Thomas-Symonds
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Lab Torfaen

Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Nick Thomas-Symonds voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 97 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 87 different votes 97 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
2 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 9 No
Tax 0% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 9 No
Tax 0% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 1 No
Transport 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

57.4%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 649
Participation
62.6%
10% below average
Rank 549 of 649
232
404 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
105
45.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
852
57.3% of votes cast
127
54.7% of votes cast
No votes
636
42.7% of votes cast
7
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.8% of votes cast
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

100
+18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
Appearances
55
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 649
120
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
Contributions
418
+275.7 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£255,367
13% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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

Trade
7 of 7 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#3
Trade
71 of 91 votes
Housing
22 of 25 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 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
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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