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David Simmonds vs James Murray

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

Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
vs
Photograph of James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

David Simmonds and James Murray voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 978 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 928 different votes 978 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
10 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 18% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 18 No
Energy 7% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 16 No
Benefits 7% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
85 Aye 42 No
Migration 6% aligned 127 shared votes
35 Aye 92 No
19 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 28 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 649
Contributions
757
+613.5 vs Commons average
Rank 6 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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