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Dame Chi Onwurah vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and David Simmonds voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,017 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 956 different votes 1,017 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 12 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
31 Aye 96 No
Migration 6% aligned 127 shared votes
89 Aye 38 No
15 Aye 9 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
59 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 117 shared votes
58 Aye 59 No
14 Aye 16 No
Benefits 3% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
30 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
10 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 15 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 279 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
1,005
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
807
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
18
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
Contributions
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
14
5 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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API