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David Simmonds vs Alice Macdonald

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Alice Macdonald voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 320 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 313 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 11 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
35 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
33 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
33 Aye 35 No
14 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

83.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 133 of 650
Participation
84.6 %
12 % above average
Rank 108 of 650
1,357
1,626 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
558 eligible divisions
655
48.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
232
49.2 % of votes cast
702
51.7 % of votes cast
No votes
240
50.8 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

102
+32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 650
Appearances
39
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 650
252
+128.2 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650
Contributions
46
-77.8 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,253
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£186,253
18 % below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 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

Migration
144 of 152 votes
#1
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
#2
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
60 of 61 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API