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David Simmonds vs Dave Robertson

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Dave Robertson voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 346 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 334 different votes 346 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 11 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
37 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
45 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
45 Aye 37 No
11 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 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
86.8%
14% above average
Rank 63 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
512
590 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
276
53.9% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
236
46.1% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8% 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
Rank 142 of 649
Appearances
102
+19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 649
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 649
Contributions
135
-8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 225 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
£212,620
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£212,620
6% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 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