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Clive Lewis vs David Simmonds

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

Photograph of Clive Lewis
Clive Lewis
Lab Norwich South
vs
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Clive Lewis and David Simmonds voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 906 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 872 different votes 906 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 13 No
NHS / Health 16% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
32 Aye 89 No
Migration 5% aligned 121 shared votes
83 Aye 38 No
11 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 15 No
Benefits 3% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 12 No
Housing 3% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

68.3%
4% below average
Rank 457 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,622
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
896
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
726
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
20
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

25
-58.6 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 650
Appearances
108
+24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
31
-114.7 vs Commons average
Rank 573 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

£2,262,179
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£292,653
29% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
29
7 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 77 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
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
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