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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 970 shared comparable votes.

966 same votes 4 different votes 970 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
47 Aye 77 No
Tax 100% aligned 124 shared votes
47 Aye 77 No
58 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 112 shared votes
58 Aye 54 No
59 Aye 41 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
59 Aye 41 No
28 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 77 No
Tax 100% aligned 124 shared votes
47 Aye 77 No
58 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 112 shared votes
58 Aye 54 No
59 Aye 41 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
59 Aye 41 No
28 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

83.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 132 of 649
Participation
73.8 %
1 % above average
Rank 338 of 649
1,370
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,742
2,361 eligible divisions
660
48.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
821
47.1 % of votes cast
710
51.8 % of votes cast
No votes
921
52.9 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

105
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 650
Appearances
17
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 650
258
+119.7 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650
Contributions
29
-109.3 vs Commons average
Rank 569 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
£2,650,269
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£276,159
22 % above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
12
6 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
35 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
54 of 60 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API