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David Simmonds vs Blake Stephenson

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 294 shared comparable votes.

293 same votes 1 different votes 294 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
33 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
33 Aye 42 No
10 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
7 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
33 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
33 Aye 42 No
10 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
7 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

83.5 %
10 % above average
Rank 140 of 648
Participation
71.7 %
2 % below average
Rank 397 of 648
1,331
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
377
526 eligible divisions
637
47.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
166
44.0 % of votes cast
694
52.1 % of votes cast
No votes
211
56.0 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 648
Appearances
71
+11.1 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 648
232
+124.1 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 648
Contributions
91
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10 % below average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
0
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

Migration
144 of 152 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
#2
Transport
18 of 21 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#3
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes
#4
Tax
89 of 108 votes
Defence
51 of 58 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
50 of 61 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API