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Andrew Cooper vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Cooper and David Simmonds voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 340 different votes 348 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
2 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 8 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
45 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
35 Aye 45 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
35 Aye 45 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

92.3 %
20 % above average
Rank 11 of 650
Participation
83.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 133 of 650
515
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,357
1,626 eligible divisions
261
50.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
655
48.3 % of votes cast
254
49.3 % of votes cast
No votes
702
51.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

67
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 650
Appearances
103
+33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 650
90
-33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 650
Contributions
253
+129.2 vs Commons average
Rank 62 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£180,143
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£180,143
20 % below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 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

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Migration
144 of 152 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 53 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

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