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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 123 shared comparable votes.

120 same votes 3 different votes 123 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

83.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 132 of 649
Participation
0.0 %
73 % below average
1,370
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
0
0 eligible divisions
660
48.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
0
0.0 % of votes cast
710
51.8 % of votes cast
No votes
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
0 months
Since 13 Aug 2026

Debates

105
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 650
Appearances
14
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 650
258
+119.7 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650
Contributions
16
-122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 603 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
£156,380
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£156,380
31 % below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
35
7 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
35 of 37 votes
#1
No topic data
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
No topic data
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#3
No topic data
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
No topic data
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
No topic data
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API