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Dr Rupa Huq vs David Simmonds

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

Photograph of Dr Rupa Huq
Dr Rupa Huq
Lab Ealing Central and Acton
vs
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Dr Rupa Huq and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 973 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 925 different votes 973 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
19 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 16% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
35 Aye 83 No
Migration 5% aligned 118 shared votes
77 Aye 41 No
12 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

73.8%
1% above average
Rank 336 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,754
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
961
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
793
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
15
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

66
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
58
-85.5 vs Commons average
Rank 479 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

£1,593,926
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£234,745
4% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
2
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

Defence
63 of 71 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Work / Employment
66 of 77 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
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