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David Simmonds vs Neil O'Brien

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,199 shared comparable votes.

1,189 same votes 10 different votes 1,199 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
61 Aye 98 No
Tax 100% aligned 159 shared votes
61 Aye 98 No
30 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 24 No
Benefits 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 94% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
91 Aye 36 No
Migration 96% aligned 127 shared votes
96 Aye 31 No
65 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 124 shared votes
65 Aye 59 No
61 Aye 98 No
Tax 100% aligned 159 shared votes
61 Aye 98 No
30 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 60 shared votes
30 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 126 of 650
Participation
84.4%
12% above average
Rank 104 of 650
1,404
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,814
2,150 eligible divisions
678
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
49.4% of votes cast
726
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
917
50.6% of votes cast
9
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

109
+21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650
Appearances
19
-69.0 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 650
195
+41.6 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 650
Contributions
23
-130.4 vs Commons average
Rank 605 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
Environment / Climate
45 of 47 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
178 of 189 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
#4
Trade
83 of 90 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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