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Alex Brewer vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Alex Brewer and David Simmonds voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 243 shared comparable votes.

182 same votes 61 different votes 243 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
20 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 94% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 19 No
Education 93% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 85% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 64% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

65.9%
7% below average
Rank 502 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
389
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
214
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
175
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

47
-35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
48
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 512 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

£198,635
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£198,635
12% below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
6
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
0
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API