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Charlie Dewhirst vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Charlie Dewhirst and David Simmonds voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 306 shared comparable votes.

305 same votes 1 different votes 306 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
32 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
32 Aye 47 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
4 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
32 Aye 47 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
4 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

65.8%
7% below average
Rank 506 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
388
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
169
43.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
219
56.4% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

97
+13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 650
Appearances
108
+24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
115
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 291 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

£184,765
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£184,765
18% below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
4
3 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Tax
95 of 112 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Education
40 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API