Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, Torfaen

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Nick Thomas-Symonds’s voting in Parliament

Nick Thomas-Symonds is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

This is a selection of Nick Thomas-Symonds’s votes.

Almost always voted for paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes 7 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2015–2016
Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs
Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 50 votes for, 14 votes against, 16 absences, between 2017–2020
Voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, in 2016
Has never voted on an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency
Generally voted for a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, between 2015–2016

Last updated: 25 Feb 2020. Please share these votes responsibly.

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Recent appearances

Covid-19: UK Border Health Measures 3 Jun 2020

I thank the Home Secretary for her statement and for providing us with advance sight of it. We have been calling for sensible screening measures at the border for months, and will of course study the detail of what has been announced. It is vital that the UK has a plan for minimising the risk of infections coming into the country, but the Home Secretary must also realise that there are...
Written Answers — Home Office: Airports: Travel Requirements 26 May 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps have been taken by Border Force to ensure that people returning to the UK from abroad are aware of the latest Government guidelines on covid-19.
Written Answers — Home Office: Aviation: Disease Control 26 May 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps Border Force officials are taking to establish whether social distancing is taking place on aircraft arriving in the UK.

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Labour MP for Torfaen

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

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Expenses

Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Nick Thomas-Symonds campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

Department for Work and Pensions
Department of Health
Home Office
Attorney General
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Drugs: Licensing
Universal Credit: Torfaen
National Cyber Security Centre
Industrial Health and Safety
UK Advisory Forum on Ageing

Currently held offices

Shadow Home Secretary (since 5 Apr 2020)

Other offices held in the past

Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Security) (3 Jul 2017 to 5 Apr 2020)
Shadow Solicitor General (9 Oct 2016 to 5 Apr 2020)
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (18 Sep 2015 to 27 Jun 2016)
Member, Justice Committee (6 Jul 2015 to 26 Oct 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Prisons and Courts Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
Finance Bill Committee (2 out of 6)
ACCESS TO MEDICAL TREATMENTS (INNOVATION) BILL Committee (1 out of 1)

Numerology

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Has spoken in 60 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs. See all Nick Thomas-Symonds’s speeches
Has received answers to 34 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
Has voted in 81.63% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 233 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Last updated: 26 May 2020.

1. Employment and earnings

Payments received via The Wylie Agency (UK) Ltd, 17 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3JA:

10 May 2019, received royalties of £532.38 exclusive of VAT from Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DB, for books written before entering Parliament. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 13 May 2019)

On 5 August 2019, I received £625 exclusive of VAT from the Oxford Chinese Economy Programme at St Edmund Hall, Oxford OX1 4AR, for delivering a talk on 5 August 2019. Hours: 8 hrs (including 2 hrs preparation and 4.5 hrs travel). (Registered 07 August 2019)

Payments from Social Affairs Unit Magazines Ltd, 10 Greenwich Quay, London SE8 3EY:

23 February 2020, received £250 exclusive of VAT for a book review in Standpoint's February 2020 edition. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 25 February 2020)

12 March 2020, received £250 exclusive of VAT for a book review in Standpoint's March 2020 edition. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 13 March 2020)

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Name of donor: Unite the Union
Address of donor: 128 Theobald's Road, London WC1X 8TN

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,756 for the General Election 2019

Donor status: trade union

(Registered 02 January 2020)

Name of donor: Unite the Union
Address of donor: 128 Theobalds Road, London WC1X 8TN

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: franking envelopes and making a video for the General Election 2019, total value £3,546.20

Donor status: trade union

(Registered 02 January 2020)

Name of donor: GMB trade union
Address of donor: Mary Turner House, 22 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HD

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 for the General Election 2019

Donor status: trade union

(Registered 02 January 2020)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Mentorn Media
Address of donor: Tinopolis Centre, Park Street, Llanelli, SA15 3YE

Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: for the purposes of appearing on BBC Question Time in Cardiff, train and taxi fares, approximately £225 (my estimate)

Date received: 26 September 2019

Date accepted: 26 September 2019

Donor status: company, registration 02329345

(Registered 27 September 2019)

8. Miscellaneous

Barrister, not currently practising. (Registered 03 June 2015)

From 16 January 2019, Patron, Breast Care Unit, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (unpaid role). (Registered 17 January 2019)

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