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David Simmonds vs Suella Braverman

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Suella Braverman voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 874 shared comparable votes.

859 same votes 15 different votes 874 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
45 Aye 79 No
Tax 100% aligned 124 shared votes
45 Aye 79 No
20 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 16 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 12 No
Trade 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 10 No
Transport 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 87% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
67 Aye 40 No
Migration 94% aligned 107 shared votes
71 Aye 36 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 96% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
54 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 103 shared votes
54 Aye 49 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
69.8 %
3 % below average
Rank 443 of 648
1,331
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,613
2,312 eligible divisions
637
47.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
758
47.0 % of votes cast
694
52.1 % of votes cast
No votes
855
53.0 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

82
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 648
Appearances
27
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 527 of 648
232
+124.1 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 648
Contributions
29
-78.9 vs Commons average
Rank 552 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
£1,671,241
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£240,275
6 % above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
194 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
#2
Trade
71 of 88 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 votes
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Defence
51 of 58 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
35 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API