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David Simmonds vs Steve Reed

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Steve Reed voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 767 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 734 different votes 767 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
11 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 15% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 15 No
Energy 11% aligned 19 shared votes
17 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 15 No
Benefits 7% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
65 Aye 29 No
Migration 4% aligned 94 shared votes
25 Aye 69 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 71 No
Tax 0% aligned 112 shared votes
71 Aye 41 No
17 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 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
62.1%
10% below average
Rank 555 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,476
2,376 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
863
58.5% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
613
41.5% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

108
+24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
Appearances
50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
244
+98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 650
Contributions
428
+282.3 vs Commons average
Rank 30 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
£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£293,477
30% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Trade
67 of 91 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API