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Afzal Khan vs David Simmonds

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Afzal Khan
Afzal Khan
Lab Manchester Rusholme
vs
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Afzal Khan and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,030 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 983 different votes 1,030 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
19 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 16% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
34 Aye 90 No
Migration 5% aligned 124 shared votes
84 Aye 40 No
18 Aye 9 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 17 No
Benefits 3% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
15 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
10 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

78.5%
6% above average
Rank 230 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,665
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
927
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
738
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

37
-45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
41
-102.5 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 649
Contributions
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,767,463
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£247,867
10% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Housing
52 of 55 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 52 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Digital / Online Safety
44 of 49 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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