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David Simmonds vs Helen Grant

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Helen Grant voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 950 shared comparable votes.

946 same votes 4 different votes 950 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
45 Aye 77 No
Tax 100% aligned 122 shared votes
45 Aye 77 No
58 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 112 shared votes
58 Aye 54 No
58 Aye 41 No
Migration 100% aligned 99 shared votes
58 Aye 41 No
25 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 77 No
Tax 100% aligned 122 shared votes
45 Aye 77 No
58 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 112 shared votes
58 Aye 54 No
58 Aye 41 No
Migration 100% aligned 99 shared votes
58 Aye 41 No
25 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 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
74.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 336 of 648
1,331
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,312 eligible divisions
637
47.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
804
46.7 % of votes cast
694
52.1 % of votes cast
No votes
916
53.3 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

82
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 648
Appearances
14
-45.9 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 648
232
+124.1 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 648
Contributions
23
-84.9 vs Commons average
Rank 576 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
£2,650,269
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£276,159
22 % above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 88 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
54 of 60 votes
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes
#4
Defence
51 of 58 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API