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David Simmonds vs Dan Carden

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 Dan Carden
Dan Carden
Lab Liverpool Walton

Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Dan Carden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 867 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 831 different votes 867 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
63 Aye 28 No
Migration 9% aligned 91 shared votes
20 Aye 71 No
9 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
55 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 97 shared votes
41 Aye 56 No
41 Aye 93 No
Tax 1% aligned 134 shared votes
92 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 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
68.8%
4% below average
Rank 450 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,460
2,121 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
808
55.3% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
652
44.7% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

108
+24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
Appearances
26
-57.6 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 650
244
+98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 650
Contributions
37
-108.7 vs Commons average
Rank 560 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
£1,875,223
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£298,675
32% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
162 of 188 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 63 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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