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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 339 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 331 different votes 339 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
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 11 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
33 Aye 37 No
7 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 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

83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
Participation
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 99 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
500
590 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
48.8% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
256
51.2% 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

112
+29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
Appearances
29
-53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
265
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 649
Contributions
35
-107.9 vs Commons average
Rank 561 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
£186,253
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£186,253
18% below average
7
3 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

Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#1
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
60 of 62 votes

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