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David Simmonds vs Matt Vickers

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Matt Vickers voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,136 shared comparable votes.

1,125 same votes 11 different votes 1,136 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
57 Aye 90 No
Tax 100% aligned 147 shared votes
57 Aye 90 No
20 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
20 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 49 shared votes
20 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 25 No
Benefits 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
63 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 122 shared votes
63 Aye 59 No
89 Aye 43 No
Migration 98% aligned 132 shared votes
91 Aye 41 No
57 Aye 90 No
Tax 100% aligned 147 shared votes
57 Aye 90 No
20 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 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 126 of 650
Participation
78.4%
6% above average
Rank 232 of 650
1,404
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,323
1,687 eligible divisions
678
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
638
48.2% of votes cast
726
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
685
51.8% of votes cast
9
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

109
+20.2 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
Appearances
110
+21.2 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 650
195
+40.2 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 650
Contributions
212
+57.2 vs Commons average
Rank 137 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
£1,218,799
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£295,321
31% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
57 of 64 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 41 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5
Trade
48 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

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