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David Simmonds vs Chris Murray

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

Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
vs
Photograph of Chris Murray
Chris Murray
Lab Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Chris Murray voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 306 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 299 different votes 306 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
8 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
33 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
39 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
39 Aye 33 No
9 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 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
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 256 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
590 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
227
49.7% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
230
50.3% 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

108
+26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
43
-38.8 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
244
+101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 649
Contributions
66
-76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 453 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
£194,520
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£194,520
14% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
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

Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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