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David Simmonds vs Emma Foody

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Emma Foody voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 330 different votes 338 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 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 2 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
30 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
44 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
44 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 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 130 of 650
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 83 of 650
1,413
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
538
631 eligible divisions
680
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
263
48.9% of votes cast
733
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
275
51.1% of votes cast
9
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

111
+16.8 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 650
Appearances
35
-59.2 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 650
168
+3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
Contributions
43
-121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 557 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
£188,107
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£188,107
17% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

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