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David Simmonds vs Steve Race

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

Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
vs
Photograph of Steve Race
Steve Race
Lab Exeter

Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Steve Race voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 345 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 338 different votes 345 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
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 11 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
32 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
41 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
41 Aye 32 No
7 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 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
85.8%
13% above average
Rank 79 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
506
590 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
269
53.2% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
237
46.8% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

108
+24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 649
Contributions
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 292 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
£194,803
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£194,803
14% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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