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David Simmonds vs Mr Joshua Reynolds

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Mr Joshua Reynolds voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 237 shared comparable votes.

183 same votes 54 different votes 237 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
26 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
26 Aye 39 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 17 No
Education 96% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 91% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Housing 33% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 9 No
Benefits 69% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 2 No
Energy 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 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
63.6%
9% below average
Rank 534 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
375
590 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
202
53.9% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
173
46.1% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Appearances
91
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 206 of 649
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 649
Contributions
127
-16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 247 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
£159,760
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£159,760
29% 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
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Trade
5 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

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