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David Simmonds vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 290 shared comparable votes.

226 same votes 64 different votes 290 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 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
28 Aye 44 No
Tax 99% aligned 72 shared votes
29 Aye 43 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 93% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 7 No
Defence 84% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 11 No
Housing 61% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 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 130 of 650
Participation
73.9%
1% above average
Rank 338 of 650
1,413
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
466
631 eligible divisions
680
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
53.9% of votes cast
733
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
215
46.1% of votes cast
9
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

111
+16.8 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 650
Appearances
215
+120.8 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 650
168
+3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
Contributions
267
+102.9 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API