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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 242 shared comparable votes.
189 same votes
53 different votes
242 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
83.2%
11% above average
Participation
60.3%
12% below average
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
356
590 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
54.5% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
162
45.5% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% 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
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
113
-30.5 vs Commons average
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API