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Daniel Zeichner vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Daniel Zeichner and David Simmonds voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,033 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 989 different votes 1,033 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 10 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 9 No
Energy 7% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
32 Aye 93 No
Migration 5% aligned 125 shared votes
87 Aye 38 No
13 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

79.8%
7% above average
Rank 200 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,897
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
1,058
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
839
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
14
0.7% 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

48
-35.6 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 650
Appearances
108
+24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
57
-88.7 vs Commons average
Rank 483 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

£2,007,954
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£266,524
18% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
2
2 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

Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Education
84 of 96 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
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API