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David Simmonds vs Gen Kitchen

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

Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
vs
Photograph of Gen Kitchen
Gen Kitchen
Lab Wellingborough and Rushden

Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Gen Kitchen voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 360 different votes 369 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
9 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 10 No
Benefits 7% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 7 No
Transport 5% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 3 No
Migration 5% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
36 Aye 35 No
Tax 1% aligned 71 shared votes
34 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 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
87.9%
15% above average
Rank 46 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
594
676 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
285
48.0% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
309
52.0% 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, 7 months
Since 15 Feb 2024

Debates

108
+24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
0
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 649
Contributions
0
-145.9 vs Commons average
Rank 637 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
£248,055
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£248,055
10% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Transport
31 of 31 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 6 Dec 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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