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David Simmonds vs Steve Yemm

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Steve Yemm voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 373 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 364 different votes 373 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
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 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
Most different by topic
36 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
46 Aye 36 No
11 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 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
14 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 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
93.4%
21% above average
Rank 6 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
551
590 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
281
51.0% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
270
49.0% 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
84
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 649
Contributions
105
-40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 325 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
£179,690
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£179,690
21% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
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
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API