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David Simmonds vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,001 shared comparable votes.

998 same votes 3 different votes 1,001 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
47 Aye 85 No
Tax 100% aligned 132 shared votes
47 Aye 85 No
66 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 103 shared votes
66 Aye 37 No
46 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 101 shared votes
46 Aye 55 No
29 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
16 Aye 30 No
Housing 100% aligned 46 shared votes
16 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 94% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
47 Aye 85 No
Tax 100% aligned 132 shared votes
47 Aye 85 No
66 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 103 shared votes
66 Aye 37 No
46 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 101 shared votes
46 Aye 55 No
29 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

108
+24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
146
+62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 649
Contributions
182
+36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 158 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
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
202 of 211 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API