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Christian Wakeford vs David Simmonds

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

Photograph of Christian Wakeford
Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South
vs
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and David Simmonds voted the same way 40% of the time, based on 1,063 shared comparable votes.

420 same votes 643 different votes 1,063 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 24 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 15 No
Trade 63% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 63% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 63% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
25 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 2% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 11 No
Education 9% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 80 of 649
Participation
83.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 132 of 649
1,414
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,370
1,643 eligible divisions
680
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
660
48.2 % of votes cast
734
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
710
51.8 % of votes cast
9
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

1
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Appearances
105
+27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
1
-136.9 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 649
Contributions
258
+120.1 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12 % above average
0
0 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
50 of 50 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 53 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 6 Dec 2024
Tax
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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