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David Simmonds vs Sir James Cleverly

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Sir James Cleverly voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 872 shared comparable votes.

869 same votes 3 different votes 872 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
45 Aye 73 No
Tax 100% aligned 118 shared votes
45 Aye 73 No
52 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 94 shared votes
52 Aye 42 No
54 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 82 shared votes
54 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 22 No
Defence 100% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 42 shared votes
30 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
45 Aye 73 No
Tax 100% aligned 118 shared votes
45 Aye 73 No
52 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 94 shared votes
52 Aye 42 No
54 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 82 shared votes
54 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 22 No
Defence 100% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

83.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 132 of 649
Participation
69.7 %
3 % below average
Rank 437 of 649
1,370
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,645
2,361 eligible divisions
660
48.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
771
46.9 % of votes cast
710
51.8 % of votes cast
No votes
874
53.1 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

105
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 650
Appearances
41
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
258
+119.7 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650
Contributions
87
-51.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 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
£2,020,933
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£266,795
18 % above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
35 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#3
Trade
73 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API