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David Simmonds vs Ben Maguire

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Ben Maguire voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 254 shared comparable votes.

198 same votes 56 different votes 254 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
1 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 14 shared votes
1 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
27 Aye 31 No
Tax 98% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
6 Aye 16 No
Education 95% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 87% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 44% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 14 No
Housing 70% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 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 130 of 650
Participation
60.2%
12% below average
Rank 571 of 650
1,413
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
380
631 eligible divisions
680
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
210
55.3% of votes cast
733
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
170
44.7% of votes cast
9
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

111
+16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
Appearances
113
+18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 650
168
+3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
Contributions
127
-37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 306 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
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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