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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.


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Steve Race voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 317 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 311 different votes 317 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 11 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
30 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
41 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
41 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

83.5 %
10 % above average
Rank 140 of 648
Participation
87.5 %
14 % above average
Rank 63 of 648
1,331
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
460
526 eligible divisions
637
47.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
253
55.0 % of votes cast
694
52.1 % of votes cast
No votes
207
45.0 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 648
Appearances
62
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 648
232
+124.1 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 648
Contributions
72
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 648

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
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Migration
144 of 152 votes
#1
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes
#4
Transport
21 of 21 votes
Defence
51 of 58 votes
#5
Energy
17 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API