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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 337 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 331 different votes 337 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 19 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
30 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
39 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
39 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 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 130 of 650
Participation
80.3%
8% above average
Rank 190 of 650
1,413
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
507
631 eligible divisions
680
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
261
51.5% of votes cast
733
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
246
48.5% of votes cast
9
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

111
+16.8 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 650
Appearances
62
-32.2 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650
168
+3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
Contributions
79
-85.1 vs Commons average
Rank 452 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
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API