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David Simmonds vs Torsten Bell

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Torsten Bell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 251 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 246 different votes 251 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
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 10 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
27 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
35 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
35 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
17 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 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
71.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 406 of 648
1,331
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
376
526 eligible divisions
637
47.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
211
56.1 % of votes cast
694
52.1 % of votes cast
No votes
165
43.9 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 648
Appearances
73
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 648
232
+124.1 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 648
Contributions
408
+300.1 vs Commons average
Rank 19 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
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33 % below average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

Migration
144 of 152 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes
#4
Energy
15 of 17 votes
Defence
51 of 58 votes
#5
Housing
26 of 31 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API