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David Simmonds vs Peter Dowd

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 Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Peter Dowd voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 847 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 812 different votes 847 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
11 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
41 Aye 35 No
Migration 5% aligned 76 shared votes
31 Aye 45 No
16 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
61 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 101 shared votes
40 Aye 61 No
8 Aye 19 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 32 shared votes
6 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 14 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 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
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

108
+24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
Appearances
41
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 650
244
+98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 650
Contributions
29
-116.7 vs Commons average
Rank 583 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 6 Dec 2024
Tax
No
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
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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