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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 354 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 348 different votes 354 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
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
32 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
45 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
45 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 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
88.3%
16% above average
Rank 40 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
521
590 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
274
52.6% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
247
47.4% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

108
+24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
91
+7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 649
Contributions
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 274 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
£124,936
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£124,936
45% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
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

Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API