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David Simmonds vs Michael Payne

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 313 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 311 different votes 313 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
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
35 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
46 Aye 35 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
46 Aye 35 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
590 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
51.5% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
219
48.5% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

108
+24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
24
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 649
Contributions
27
-118.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 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
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API