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David Chadwick vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

David Chadwick and David Simmonds voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 261 shared comparable votes.

203 same votes 58 different votes 261 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
26 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
26 Aye 38 No
3 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 18 No
Education 96% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
Energy 25% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 55% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

68.1%
4% below average
Rank 463 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
216
53.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
186
46.3% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
133
-10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 229 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

£178,068
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£178,068
21% below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
0
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

Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 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