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David Simmonds vs Miatta Fahnbulleh

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Miatta Fahnbulleh voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 279 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 269 different votes 279 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
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
30 Aye 37 No
Tax 1% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 420 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
416
590 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
201
48.3% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
215
51.7% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

108
+24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
Appearances
50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 650
244
+98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 650
Contributions
402
+256.3 vs Commons average
Rank 37 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
£210,682
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£210,682
7% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 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