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David Simmonds vs Gill Furniss

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Gill Furniss voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 878 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 836 different votes 878 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
13 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 22% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 9 No
Transport 4% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
63 Aye 39 No
Migration 4% aligned 102 shared votes
35 Aye 67 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 78 No
Tax 0% aligned 118 shared votes
78 Aye 40 No
25 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
11 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
29 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 24 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 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
71.3%
1% below average
Rank 400 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,658
2,325 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
55.0% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
746
45.0% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
10 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2016

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Appearances
41
-41.3 vs Commons average
Rank 499 of 649
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 649
Contributions
37
-106.5 vs Commons average
Rank 559 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
£2,125,000
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£322,640
43% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Housing
51 of 62 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API