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David Simmonds vs Josh Simons

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Josh Simons voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 223 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 219 different votes 223 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 2 No
Benefits 13% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
31 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
21 Aye 31 No
6 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
21 Aye 31 No
6 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 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
64.1 %
9 % below average
Rank 534 of 648
1,331
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
337
526 eligible divisions
637
47.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
152
45.1 % of votes cast
694
52.1 % of votes cast
No votes
185
54.9 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
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
15
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 648
232
+124.1 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 648
Contributions
86
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 281 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
£259,375
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£259,375
15 % above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
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
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#3
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes
#4
Energy
15 of 17 votes
Defence
51 of 58 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API