MP for Torfaen
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
“A centrist Labour MP with near-total party loyalty who now serves as Paymaster General in the Cabinet Office.”
Nick Thomas-Symonds is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Torfaen, first elected in 2015. He currently serves as Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office, a role he has held since July 2024. Before entering government, he held several shadow ministerial roles, including Shadow Home Secretary and Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade.
Nick Thomas-Symonds has a 100% party loyalty score and a voting attendance of 62%, which is above Labour’s average attendance. He generally backs Universal Credit and NHS funding, while opposing tighter immigration controls and the Rwanda deportation scheme; his votes on transgender rights and prison sentencing show a mixed pattern.
Declares 10 financial interests, including multiple entries under Employment and earnings (ad hoc payments and other earnings), Miscellaneous items, and gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources.
Generated 21 February 2026
How this MP participates in parliamentary votes. These numbers describe activity, not effectiveness.
How often this MP votes
Labour (Co-op) average: 33%
The percentage of parliamentary votes (divisions) this MP participated in. MPs may miss votes for legitimate reasons including ministerial duties, constituency work, or illness.
How often this MP votes with their party
Labour (Co-op) average: 99%
Estimated from voting record, not self-declared. This is a simplified model — real politics is more complex than a single axis.
9 positions
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
Since Jul 2024
Shadow Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
Sept 2023 - May 2024
Welsh Grand Committee
Jan 2022 - May 2024
Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade
Nov 2021 - Sept 2023
Shadow Home Secretary
Apr 2020 - Nov 2021
Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Security)
Jul 2017 - Apr 2020
Shadow Solicitor General
Oct 2016 - Apr 2020
Figures include only interests with declared monetary values from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Some categories (e.g. hospitality, overseas visits) may not have monetary values recorded, so the total may not reflect all declared interests.
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3
AYEVictims and Courts Bill
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2
AYEVictims and Courts Bill
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1
AYEVictims and Courts Bill
Opposition Day Motion: Defence
NODraft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
AYEDraft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026
AYECourts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading
AYECourts and Tribunals Bill
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
NOCourts and Tribunals Bill
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
Government role · 8 Jul 2024
Shadow Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
Opposition role · 4 Sept 2023
Welsh Grand Committee
Parliamentary role · 18 Jan 2022
Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade
Opposition role · 29 Nov 2021
Shadow Home Secretary
Opposition role · 5 Apr 2020
Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Security)
Opposition role · 3 Jul 2017
Shadow Solicitor General
Opposition role · 9 Oct 2016
The percentage of votes where this MP voted the same way as the majority of their party. High loyalty is typical; most MPs vote with their party on most issues.
Rebel votes
Times this MP voted differently from the majority of their party. This can reflect independent judgement, but context matters — some rebel votes are on procedural matters, others on major policy.
