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David Simmonds vs Taiwo Owatemi

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

Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
vs
Photograph of Taiwo Owatemi
Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West

Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 868 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 822 different votes 868 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
5 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 19% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
15 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
66 Aye 34 No
Migration 5% aligned 100 shared votes
29 Aye 71 No
9 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
53 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 107 shared votes
54 Aye 53 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 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
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,237
1,658 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
659
53.3% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
578
46.7% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Appearances
5
-77.3 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 649
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 649
Contributions
5
-138.5 vs Commons average
Rank 629 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
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
152 of 174 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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