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David Simmonds vs Mr Angus MacDonald

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Mr Angus MacDonald voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 214 shared comparable votes.

176 same votes 38 different votes 214 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
19 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
19 Aye 37 No
3 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 93% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 91% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 6 No
Housing 50% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 67% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 2 No
Energy 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 3 No
Transport 82% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 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
59.5%
13% below average
Rank 578 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
351
590 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
187
53.3% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
164
46.7% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
15
4.3% 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
56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 649
Contributions
78
-67.9 vs Commons average
Rank 415 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
£196,056
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£196,056
13% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

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