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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 880 shared comparable votes.

865 same votes 15 different votes 880 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 13 No
Trade 100% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 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
68 Aye 40 No
Migration 94% aligned 108 shared votes
72 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

83.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 132 of 649
Participation
68.8 %
4 % below average
Rank 455 of 649
1,370
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,625
2,361 eligible divisions
660
48.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
765
47.1 % of votes cast
710
51.8 % of votes cast
No votes
860
52.9 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

105
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 650
Appearances
54
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650
258
+119.7 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650
Contributions
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 425 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
£1,671,241
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£240,275
6 % above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
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
35 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
194 of 211 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API