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David Simmonds vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Helen Whately voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,130 shared comparable votes.

1,126 same votes 4 different votes 1,130 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
54 Aye 102 No
Tax 100% aligned 156 shared votes
54 Aye 102 No
57 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 108 shared votes
57 Aye 51 No
23 Aye 26 No
Benefits 100% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
94 Aye 41 No
Migration 99% aligned 135 shared votes
96 Aye 39 No
54 Aye 102 No
Tax 100% aligned 156 shared votes
54 Aye 102 No
57 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 108 shared votes
57 Aye 51 No
23 Aye 26 No
Benefits 100% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 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
84.0 %
11 % above average
Rank 126 of 648
1,331
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,943
2,312 eligible divisions
637
47.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
923
47.5 % of votes cast
694
52.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,020
52.5 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

82
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 648
Appearances
40
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 418 of 648
232
+124.1 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 648
Contributions
62
-45.9 vs Commons average
Rank 394 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19 % above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 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
Trade
83 of 88 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes
#4
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Defence
51 of 58 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API