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David Simmonds vs James McMurdock

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and James McMurdock voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 159 shared comparable votes.

153 same votes 6 different votes 159 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
15 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
15 Aye 36 No
10 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 2 No
Migration 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 86% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 92% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 7 No
Housing 93% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
15 Aye 36 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
43.2 %
30 % below average
Rank 632 of 648
1,331
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
227
526 eligible divisions
637
47.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
108
47.6 % of votes cast
694
52.1 % of votes cast
No votes
119
52.4 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 648
Appearances
14
-45.9 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 648
232
+124.1 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 648
Contributions
19
-88.9 vs Commons average
Rank 595 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
£171,670
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£171,670
24 % below average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
#2
Migration
8 of 11 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#3
Energy
11 of 17 votes
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes
#4
Tax
68 of 108 votes
Defence
51 of 58 votes
#5
Housing
19 of 31 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API