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David Simmonds vs Luke Taylor

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Luke Taylor voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 249 shared comparable votes.

191 same votes 58 different votes 249 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
21 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
21 Aye 36 No
2 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 21 No
Education 93% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 4 No
Defence 87% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 58% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 13 No
Housing 65% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 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
66.6%
6% below average
Rank 489 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
393
590 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
219
55.7% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
174
44.3% 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
91
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 649
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 649
Contributions
124
-19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 256 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
£179,501
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£179,501
21% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Education
42 of 50 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