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David Simmonds vs Alan Gemmell

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Alan Gemmell voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 320 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 311 different votes 320 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
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
44 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 207 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
470
590 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
52.3% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
224
47.7% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Appearances
57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 649
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£170,626
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£170,626
25% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#1
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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