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David Simmonds vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,124 shared comparable votes.

1,113 same votes 11 different votes 1,124 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
56 Aye 91 No
Tax 100% aligned 147 shared votes
56 Aye 91 No
62 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 126 shared votes
62 Aye 64 No
28 Aye 31 No
Defence 100% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 26 No
Housing 100% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 23 No
Trade 90% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
93 Aye 45 No
Migration 98% aligned 138 shared votes
96 Aye 42 No
56 Aye 91 No
Tax 100% aligned 147 shared votes
56 Aye 91 No
62 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 126 shared votes
62 Aye 64 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 126 of 650
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 205 of 650
1,404
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,914
2,405 eligible divisions
678
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
47.5% of votes cast
726
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,004
52.5% of votes cast
9
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

109
+20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 650
Appearances
128
+39.5 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 650
195
+40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650
Contributions
218
+63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 128 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
205 of 212 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5
Trade
84 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API