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David Simmonds vs Edward Argar

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Edward Argar voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,260 shared comparable votes.

1,256 same votes 4 different votes 1,260 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
65 Aye 104 No
Tax 100% aligned 169 shared votes
65 Aye 104 No
71 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 135 shared votes
71 Aye 64 No
30 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 26 No
Benefits 100% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
98 Aye 44 No
Migration 99% aligned 142 shared votes
100 Aye 42 No
65 Aye 104 No
Tax 100% aligned 169 shared votes
65 Aye 104 No
71 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 135 shared votes
71 Aye 64 No
30 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 60 shared votes
30 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
89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

108
+24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 649
Contributions
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 243 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
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API