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Alex Burghart vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Alex Burghart and David Simmonds voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,217 shared comparable votes.

1,209 same votes 8 different votes 1,217 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
62 Aye 93 No
Tax 100% aligned 155 shared votes
62 Aye 93 No
29 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 50 shared votes
17 Aye 33 No
16 Aye 30 No
Housing 100% aligned 46 shared votes
16 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 93% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
63 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 130 shared votes
63 Aye 67 No
99 Aye 42 No
Migration 99% aligned 141 shared votes
97 Aye 44 No
62 Aye 93 No
Tax 100% aligned 155 shared votes
62 Aye 93 No
29 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

85.1%
13% above average
Rank 85 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 126 of 650
1,830
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,404
1,687 eligible divisions
884
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
678
48.3% of votes cast
946
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
726
51.7% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

92
+3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
Appearances
109
+20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 650
157
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 208 of 650
Contributions
195
+41.1 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£203,620
10% below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
7
4 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
189 of 189 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Trade
86 of 90 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API