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David Simmonds vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,169 shared comparable votes.

1,147 same votes 22 different votes 1,169 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
25 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 49 shared votes
19 Aye 30 No
31 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 88% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
86 Aye 41 No
Migration 95% aligned 127 shared votes
92 Aye 35 No
19 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 21 No
Trade 98% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 32 No
Education 98% aligned 45 shared votes
12 Aye 33 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 130 of 650
Participation
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 155 of 650
1,413
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,977
2,417 eligible divisions
680
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
933
47.2% of votes cast
733
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,044
52.8% of votes cast
9
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

111
+16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
Appearances
141
+46.5 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 650
168
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
Contributions
274
+109.4 vs Commons average
Rank 99 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
203 of 212 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5
Trade
81 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