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Chris Law vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Chris Law and David Simmonds voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 648 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 583 different votes 648 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
65 Aye 44 No
Tax 37% aligned 109 shared votes
38 Aye 71 No
5 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 4 No
Energy 15% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 11% aligned 18 shared votes
2 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 7 No
Transport 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 60 shared votes
34 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 15 No
Benefits 0% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

51.5%
21% below average
Rank 619 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,223
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
674
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
549
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

58
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 649
Appearances
112
+30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
67
-75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 649
Contributions
265
+122.7 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
8
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
196 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API