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David Simmonds vs Dr Andrew Murrison

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Dr Andrew Murrison voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,173 shared comparable votes.

1,168 same votes 5 different votes 1,173 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
64 Aye 107 No
Tax 100% aligned 171 shared votes
64 Aye 107 No
51 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 115 shared votes
51 Aye 64 No
25 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 24 No
Benefits 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
93 Aye 41 No
Migration 99% aligned 134 shared votes
95 Aye 39 No
64 Aye 107 No
Tax 100% aligned 171 shared votes
64 Aye 107 No
51 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 115 shared votes
51 Aye 64 No
25 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 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
83.0%
10% above average
Rank 134 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,973
2,376 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
942
47.7% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,031
52.3% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

108
+24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
231
+147.3 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 649
Contributions
273
+127.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 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
£1,842,285
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£170,920
24% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Migration
154 of 171 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API