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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 1,226 shared comparable votes.

1,222 same votes 4 different votes 1,226 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 104 No
Tax 100% aligned 167 shared votes
63 Aye 104 No
71 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 135 shared votes
71 Aye 64 No
22 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 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
97 Aye 44 No
Migration 99% aligned 141 shared votes
99 Aye 42 No
63 Aye 104 No
Tax 100% aligned 167 shared votes
63 Aye 104 No
71 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 135 shared votes
71 Aye 64 No
22 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

83.5 %
10 % above average
Rank 140 of 648
Participation
90.4 %
17 % above average
Rank 24 of 648
1,331
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,089
2,312 eligible divisions
637
47.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
990
47.4 % of votes cast
694
52.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,099
52.6 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

82
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 648
Appearances
44
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 648
232
+124.1 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 648
Contributions
74
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 648

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
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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

Migration
144 of 152 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
#2
Migration
163 of 169 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 43 votes
Defence
51 of 58 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API