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Andy McDonald vs David Simmonds

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

Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
vs
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,006 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 954 different votes 1,006 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
18 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
29 Aye 96 No
Migration 6% aligned 125 shared votes
89 Aye 36 No
17 Aye 8 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 12 No
Housing 3% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
996
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
798
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 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

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
2
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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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