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Nick Thomas-Symonds

Labour MP for Torfaen, since 7 May 2015

The Rt Hon Nick Thomas-Symonds is the Labour MP for Torfaen, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015.

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Scorecard

37.0% Attendance In the least-present tenth of MPs who vote
213 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
362 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
9 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
9 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
641 Debates spoken in 403 written questions tabled

Ranked 614 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) Aye 364–167
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) Aye 327–182
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) Aye 362–164
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31 Aye 348–176
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) Aye 369–166
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates) Aye 371–166
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading Aye 322–179
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 80 No 187–320
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 69 No 189–320
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 17 No 87–321
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 No vote 99–367
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85 No vote 57–309
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 No vote 74–311
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No vote 158–318
19 Nov 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 Aye 326–92
19 Nov 2025 Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 deferred division Aye 376–16
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Second Reading Aye 320–105
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment No 165–327
17 Nov 2025 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 5 No vote 147–318
17 Nov 2025 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 4 No vote 143–318
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 40 No vote 244–132
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 No vote 250–133
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 No vote 252–130
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 No vote 254–129
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 33 No vote 257–128

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

1. Employment and earnings

Payment: £496.08 Royalties for a previously published book
Received on: 26 June 2026. Hours: No additional hours.
Ultimate payer: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Publisher), 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP
(Registered 27 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

Payment: £101.82 Royalties for two books written before entering Parliament
Received on: 26 June 2026. Hours: no additional hours.
Ultimate payer: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd (Publisher), Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DZ
(Registered 27 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

Payment: £529.27 Royalty payments for a previously published book
Received on: 25 November 2025. Hours: No extra hours.
Ultimate payer: Weidenfeld & Nicolson United Kingdom, Orion Publishing Group (Publisher), Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC47 0DZ
(Registered 28 November 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

Payment: £946.34 Royalties for books written before entering Parliament.
Received on: 29 July 2025. Hours: no additional hours.
Ultimate payer: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Publisher), 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DB
(Registered 8 August 2025)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

Role, work or services: Royalties for books
Payer: The Wylie Agency (UK) Ltd, 17 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3JA

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: BBC
Address of donor: Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London W1A 1AA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Associated with an appearance on Any Questions, car travel to and from my constituency to Stogursey and District Victory Village Hall, near Bridgwater, Somerset. Value is estimated, value £160
Date received: 22 August 2025
Date accepted: 22 August 2025
Donor status: company, registration RC000057
(Registered 26 August 2025)

On the register since 23 Oct 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Honorary Fellowship of St Edmund Hall, Oxford University. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 2 June 2025
(Registered 2 June 2025)

On the register since 8 Jul 2026

Member of the Neighbourhood Board for Cwmbran in my capacity as the local MP. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 8 May 2024
(Registered 21 May 2024; updated 1 May 2025)

On the register since 13 May 2025

Barrister, not currently practising.
(Registered 3 June 2015)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

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Debates

641 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

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Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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