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David Simmonds vs Laura Kyrke-Smith

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Laura Kyrke-Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 340 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 333 different votes 340 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
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 10 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
31 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
23 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 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
87.8%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
518
590 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
258
49.8% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
260
50.2% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

108
+24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 649
Contributions
118
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 282 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
£198,951
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£198,951
12% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 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