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David Simmonds vs Ms Julie Minns

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Ms Julie Minns voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 347 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 339 different votes 347 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
36 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
47 Aye 36 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
47 Aye 36 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 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
86.1%
13% above average
Rank 75 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
508
590 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
263
51.8% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
245
48.2% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% 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
207
+123.3 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 649
Contributions
229
+83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 105 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
£180,792
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£180,792
20% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API