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David Simmonds vs John Milne

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and John Milne voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.

206 same votes 63 different votes 269 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
25 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
25 Aye 37 No
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 21 No
Education 93% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 62% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 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
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 399 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
421
590 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
227
53.9% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
194
46.1% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Appearances
150
+67.7 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 649
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 649
Contributions
176
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 163 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
£163,162
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£163,162
28% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Benefits
25 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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