MP for Torfaen
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
“A highly party-loyal Labour MP with a small number of notable rebellions, now serving in a senior government role as Paymaster General.”
Nick Thomas-Symonds is the Labour and Co-operative MP for Torfaen, first elected in 2015. He serves as Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office, a role he has held since July 2024, after a series of shadow ministerial positions including Home Secretary and Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade.
Thomas-Symonds generally votes with his party and has a voting attendance of 61% (above the party average of 34%). He has four rebel votes. In key policy areas, he backs Universal Credit and NHS funding and supports bus service regulation, while opposing tighter immigration controls and asylum measures, VAT changes, and greater trade union powers. His record on transgender rights is mixed, and he has opposed the Rwanda deportation scheme.
He has 10 declared financial interests, including multiple entries for employment earnings and ad hoc payments, miscellaneous interests, 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: 34%
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.
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
NOSteel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
King's Speech Motion for an Address
AYEKing's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p)
NOKing's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l)
NOKing's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o)
NOPensions Schemes Bill: Govt motion relating to Lords Reason 88D
AYEDraft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment 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
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.
