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Dame Nia Griffith vs David Simmonds

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

Photograph of Dame Nia Griffith
Dame Nia Griffith
Lab Llanelli
vs
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Dame Nia Griffith and David Simmonds voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,042 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 984 different votes 1,042 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
15 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 17 No
Benefits 7% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 9 No
Energy 7% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
35 Aye 97 No
Migration 5% aligned 132 shared votes
90 Aye 42 No
16 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
11 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

77.8%
5% above average
Rank 249 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,849
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
1,023
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
826
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
16
0.9% 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

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
83
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 387 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

£2,805,379
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£279,114
23% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
5
4 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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Migration
148 of 171 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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