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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 1,160 shared comparable votes.

1,156 same votes 4 different votes 1,160 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
56 Aye 102 No
Tax 100% aligned 158 shared votes
56 Aye 102 No
57 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 108 shared votes
57 Aye 51 No
23 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 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
Most different by topic
15 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
95 Aye 41 No
Migration 99% aligned 136 shared votes
97 Aye 39 No
56 Aye 102 No
Tax 100% aligned 158 shared votes
56 Aye 102 No
57 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 108 shared votes
57 Aye 51 No
23 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

108
+24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 649
Contributions
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 461 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API