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David Simmonds vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Ian Lavery voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,015 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 967 different votes 1,015 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
16 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
89 Aye 41 No
Migration 5% aligned 130 shared votes
34 Aye 96 No
19 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
54 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 102 shared votes
47 Aye 55 No
16 Aye 20 No
Benefits 3% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
27 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Appearances
84
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 649
Contributions
110
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
39 of 41 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API