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David Simmonds vs Steve Witherden

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Steve Witherden voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 320 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 314 different votes 320 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
8 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
30 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
38 Aye 30 No
10 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
38 Aye 30 No
10 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 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
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 203 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
590 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
51.8% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
227
48.2% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

108
+26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
60
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 649
244
+101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 649
Contributions
76
-66.5 vs Commons average
Rank 416 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
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
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

Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 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