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David Simmonds vs Lee Barron

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Lee Barron voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 332 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 325 different votes 332 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
8 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
33 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
44 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
44 Aye 33 No
10 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 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 130 of 650
Participation
76.2%
4% above average
Rank 282 of 650
1,413
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
481
631 eligible divisions
680
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
226
47.0% of votes cast
733
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
255
53.0% of votes cast
9
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.5% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

111
+16.8 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 650
Appearances
48
-46.2 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 650
168
+3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
Contributions
55
-109.1 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£218,179
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£218,179
4% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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

Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
#4
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5
Tax
103 of 121 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API