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David Simmonds vs Emily Darlington

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Emily Darlington voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 325 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 320 different votes 325 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
5 Aye 11 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
30 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
45 Aye 30 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
45 Aye 30 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 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
90.7 %
17 % above average
Rank 20 of 648
1,331
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
477
526 eligible divisions
637
47.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
257
53.9 % of votes cast
694
52.1 % of votes cast
No votes
220
46.1 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 648
Appearances
76
+16.1 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 648
232
+124.1 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 648
Contributions
107
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 205 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
£124,936
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£124,936
45 % below average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
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
Crime / Justice
61 of 61 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
#2
Education
49 of 49 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#3
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes
#4
Defence
51 of 58 votes
#5
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API