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David Simmonds vs Lee Anderson

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Lee Anderson voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,007 shared comparable votes.

981 same votes 26 different votes 1,007 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
43 Aye 91 No
Tax 100% aligned 134 shared votes
43 Aye 91 No
20 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 22 No
Benefits 100% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 18 No
Trade 100% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 88% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
81 Aye 44 No
Migration 95% aligned 125 shared votes
87 Aye 38 No
10 Aye 13 No
Housing 96% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 11 No
Transport 97% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
65 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 109 shared votes
67 Aye 42 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
75.7 %
2 % above average
Rank 304 of 648
1,331
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,207
1,594 eligible divisions
637
47.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
604
50.0 % of votes cast
694
52.1 % of votes cast
No votes
603
50.0 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

82
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 648
Appearances
46
-13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 648
232
+124.1 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 648
Contributions
64
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 378 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
£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£264,074
17 % above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 50 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes
#4
Defence
54 of 58 votes
Defence
51 of 58 votes
#5
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API