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David Simmonds vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,104 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,052 different votes 1,104 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
18 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 16% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 20 No
Energy 6% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 22 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
91 Aye 41 No
Migration 5% aligned 132 shared votes
35 Aye 97 No
60 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 116 shared votes
56 Aye 60 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 29 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
29 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 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
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Appearances
157
+74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 649
Contributions
668
+524.5 vs Commons average
Rank 9 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
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API