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David Simmonds vs Sarah Russell

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Sarah Russell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 300 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 295 different votes 300 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
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
30 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
37 Aye 30 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
37 Aye 30 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

83.5 %
10 % above average
Rank 140 of 648
Participation
83.8 %
11 % above average
Rank 130 of 648
1,331
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
526 eligible divisions
637
47.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
233
52.8 % of votes cast
694
52.1 % of votes cast
No votes
208
47.2 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 648
Appearances
62
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 648
232
+124.1 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 648
Contributions
93
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£179,204
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£179,204
21 % below average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

Migration
144 of 152 votes
#1
Education
49 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
#2
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Defence
51 of 58 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API