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Derek Twigg vs David Simmonds
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Derek Twigg and David Simmonds voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 804 shared comparable votes.
45 same votes
759 different votes
804 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
58.0%
15% below average
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
1,377
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
793
57.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
584
42.4% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
27
2.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
39
-104.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£227,917
1% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
0
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
No
Aye
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API