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David Simmonds vs Dr Danny Chambers

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Dr Danny Chambers voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 270 shared comparable votes.

221 same votes 49 different votes 270 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
28 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
28 Aye 42 No
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 97% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
5 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 94% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 9 No
Benefits 64% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 14 No
Housing 70% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

83.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 132 of 649
Participation
72.9 %
same as average
Rank 361 of 649
1,370
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
419
575 eligible divisions
660
48.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
216
51.6 % of votes cast
710
51.8 % of votes cast
No votes
203
48.4 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

105
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 650
Appearances
142
+64.1 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 650
258
+119.7 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650
Contributions
208
+69.7 vs Commons average
Rank 115 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
£182,032
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£182,032
20 % below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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
35 of 37 votes
#1
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Housing
27 of 31 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API