Official portrait of Nick Thomas-Symonds

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Nick Thomas-Symonds MP

Labour · Torfaen

First elected 7 May 2015.

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4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025

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  1. 2 Jul 2025 · vote

    Voted Aye: Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025

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  2. 2 Jul 2025 · vote

    Voted Aye: Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025

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  3. 20 Jun 2025 · vote

    Voted Aye: Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12

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    Posts held · career history

    Posts held

    • Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office

      Government · 8 Jul 2024 – 20 Jul 2026

    • Shadow Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)

      Opposition · 4 Sept 2023 – 30 May 2024

    • Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade

      Opposition · 29 Nov 2021 – 4 Sept 2023

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    • Shadow Home Secretary

      Opposition · 5 Apr 2020 – 29 Nov 2021

    • Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Security)

      Opposition · 3 Jul 2017 – 5 Apr 2020

    • Shadow Solicitor General

      Opposition · 9 Oct 2016 – 5 Apr 2020

    • Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)

      Opposition · 18 Sept 2015 – 27 Jun 2016

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