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Andy Slaughter vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Andy Slaughter and David Simmonds voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,097 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,049 different votes 1,097 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
18 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
35 Aye 97 No
Migration 5% aligned 132 shared votes
91 Aye 41 No
21 Aye 9 No
Energy 3% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
59 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 123 shared votes
64 Aye 59 No
Most different by topic
92 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 138 shared votes
46 Aye 92 No
30 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
27 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
29 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

81.8%
9% above average
Rank 161 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,944
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
1,077
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
867
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

84
+0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 650
Appearances
108
+24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
119
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650
Contributions
244
+98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,905,788
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£285,386
26% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Housing
65 of 67 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Defence
68 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
NHS / Health
53 of 56 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 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