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Dame Diana Johnson vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Dame Diana Johnson and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 917 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 875 different votes 917 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 13% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 70 No
Migration 6% aligned 98 shared votes
64 Aye 34 No
17 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 5 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
78 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 118 shared votes
40 Aye 78 No
20 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
11 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

69.5%
3% below average
Rank 440 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,651
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
940
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
711
43.1% 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
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

37
-45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 455 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

£2,849,618
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£246,131
9% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
9
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
64 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 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