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David Simmonds vs Nigel Farage

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Nigel Farage voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 120 shared comparable votes.

117 same votes 3 different votes 120 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
14 Aye 12 No
Tax 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 100% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 92% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 10 No
Housing 93% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 12 No
Tax 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 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
32.3 %
41 % below average
Rank 637 of 648
1,331
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
170
526 eligible divisions
637
47.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
84
49.4 % of votes cast
694
52.1 % of votes cast
No votes
86
50.6 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 648
Appearances
14
-45.9 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 648
232
+124.1 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 648
Contributions
16
-91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 602 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
£156,380
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£156,380
31 % below average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
35
7 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
Work / Employment
27 of 37 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
#2
Migration
7 of 11 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#3
Housing
17 of 31 votes
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes
Defence
51 of 58 votes
#5
Defence
10 of 22 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API