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Debbie Abrahams vs David Simmonds

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

Photograph of Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams
Lab Oldham East and Saddleworth
vs
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Debbie Abrahams and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 950 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 904 different votes 950 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
18 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 94 No
Migration 5% aligned 120 shared votes
88 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 10 No
Education 4% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
77 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 120 shared votes
43 Aye 77 No
26 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 41 shared votes
29 Aye 12 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

70.4%
2% below average
Rank 421 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,673
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
907
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
766
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
15 years, 8 months
Since 13 Jan 2011
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
83
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
Contributions
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£290,169
28% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
4
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Brexit / EU
174 of 211 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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 Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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