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David Simmonds vs Olivia Blake
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
David Simmonds and Olivia Blake voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 976 shared comparable votes.
37 same votes
939 different votes
976 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
83.2%
11% above average
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,239
1,658 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
649
52.4% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
590
47.6% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
108
+24.4 vs Commons average
Appearances
37
-46.6 vs Commons average
244
+98.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
42
-103.7 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£300,839
33% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API