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David Simmonds vs Pat McFadden

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

Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
vs
Photograph of Pat McFadden
Pat McFadden
Lab Wolverhampton South East

Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Pat McFadden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 845 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 804 different votes 845 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
15 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 16 No
Energy 9% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 21 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
74 Aye 39 No
Migration 5% aligned 113 shared votes
33 Aye 80 No
5 Aye 16 No
Education 5% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 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
65.5%
7% below average
Rank 508 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,557
2,376 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
57.7% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
659
42.3% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Appearances
35
-47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 649
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 649
Contributions
255
+111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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
£2,498,186
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£225,631
same as average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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