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.

Voted a mixture of for and against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 1 vote for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, between 2016–2020
Consistently voted against reducing central government funding of local government Show votes 0 votes for, 4 votes against, between 2016–2019
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
Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs
Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 52 votes for, 14 votes against, 17 absences, between 2017–2020
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

Last updated: 20 Jul 2020. Please share these votes responsibly.

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Nick Thomas-Symonds has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia Report 22 Jul 2020

(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make a statement on the Intelligence and Security Committee’s report into Russia.
Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia Report 22 Jul 2020

I thank the ISC past and present and all involved in producing the Russia report: “until recently, the Government had badly underestimated the Russian threat and the response it required.” Not my words, but the damning indictment of deep systemic failings in the Government’s approach to security that the Russia report sets out. It is not so much that the Government studied what was...
Windrush Lessons Learned Review 21 Jul 2020

I thank the Home Secretary for her statement and for advance sight of it. I pay tribute to Wendy Williams and her team for their work and I welcome the further details set out today on changes at the Home Office, but the Windrush scandal must lead to real and lasting change. The review powerfully exposed some of the terrible situations that people were forced into. Gloria, who had been in...

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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
Home Office
Department of Health
Attorney General
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Drugs: Licensing
National Cyber Security Centre
Universal Credit: Torfaen
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)

Register of Members’ Interests

Last updated: 20 Jul 2020.

1. Employment and earnings

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)

View the history of this MP’s entries in the Register

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