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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 289 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 287 different votes 289 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
33 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
46 Aye 33 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
46 Aye 33 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 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

83.5 %
10 % above average
Rank 140 of 648
Participation
77.4 %
4 % above average
Rank 267 of 648
1,331
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
407
526 eligible divisions
637
47.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
217
53.3 % of votes cast
694
52.1 % of votes cast
No votes
190
46.7 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 648
Appearances
15
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 648
232
+124.1 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 648
Contributions
16
-91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 648

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
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
3 registered categories
0
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

Migration
144 of 152 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes
#4
Education
48 of 49 votes
Defence
51 of 58 votes
#5
Defence
21 of 22 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API