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David Simmonds vs Jesse Norman

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Jesse Norman voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 957 shared comparable votes.

956 same votes 1 different votes 957 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 89 No
Tax 100% aligned 145 shared votes
56 Aye 89 No
57 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 118 shared votes
57 Aye 61 No
26 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 21 No
Trade 100% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 89 No
Tax 100% aligned 145 shared votes
56 Aye 89 No
57 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 118 shared votes
57 Aye 61 No
26 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 21 No
Trade 100% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 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
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

108
+24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
52
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 649
Contributions
101
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 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
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
87 of 91 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API