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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 841 shared comparable votes.

838 same votes 3 different votes 841 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 27 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 30 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
9 Aye 30 No
11 Aye 22 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
86 Aye 37 No
Migration 98% aligned 123 shared votes
88 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 27 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 30 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
9 Aye 30 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
80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
999
1,246 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
504
50.5% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
495
49.5% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

108
+24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 649
Contributions
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 410 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
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 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
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API