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David Simmonds vs Samantha Dixon

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 Samantha Dixon
Samantha Dixon
Lab Chester North and Neston

Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Samantha Dixon voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 508 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 482 different votes 508 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
5 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 9 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
48 Aye 24 No
Migration 10% aligned 72 shared votes
17 Aye 55 No
7 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 21 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 24 shared votes
21 Aye 3 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
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 341 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
735
999 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
361
49.1% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
374
50.9% 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
3 years, 10 months
Since 1 Dec 2022

Debates

108
+24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
75
-8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 649
Contributions
288
+142.1 vs Commons average
Rank 65 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
£667,714
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£311,379
38% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
39 of 41 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
11 of 11 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Trade
20 of 23 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Migration
83 of 97 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
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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
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
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
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 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
Motion to sit in private 6 Dec 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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