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Claire Hughes vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Claire Hughes and David Simmonds voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 358 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 350 different votes 358 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
2 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 8 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
35 Aye 47 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

89.8%
17% above average
Rank 22 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
530
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
271
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
259
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

0
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 644 of 649
Appearances
112
+30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
0
-142.3 vs Commons average
Rank 643 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

£180,797
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£180,797
20% below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
1
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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 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