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David Simmonds vs Mr Louie French

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Mr Louie French voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 815 shared comparable votes.

812 same votes 3 different votes 815 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
46 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 117 shared votes
46 Aye 71 No
46 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 97 shared votes
46 Aye 51 No
21 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 29 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
9 Aye 29 No
11 Aye 22 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
85 Aye 37 No
Migration 98% aligned 122 shared votes
87 Aye 35 No
46 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 117 shared votes
46 Aye 71 No
46 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 97 shared votes
46 Aye 51 No
21 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 29 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
9 Aye 29 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
81.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 183 of 648
1,331
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
961
1,182 eligible divisions
637
47.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
480
49.9 % of votes cast
694
52.1 % of votes cast
No votes
481
50.1 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
4 years, 6 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

82
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 648
Appearances
52
-7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 648
232
+124.1 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 648
Contributions
156
+48.1 vs Commons average
Rank 109 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
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
4 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
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
#2
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 134 votes
Defence
51 of 58 votes
#5
Trade
25 of 27 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API