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Ed Davey vs David Simmonds

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

Photograph of Ed Davey
Ed Davey
LD Kingston and Surbiton
vs
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Ed Davey and David Simmonds voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 761 shared comparable votes.

176 same votes 585 different votes 761 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
16 Aye 15 No
Education 71% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
6 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 58% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 48% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
58 Aye 41 No
Tax 45% aligned 99 shared votes
32 Aye 67 No
9 Aye 15 No
Housing 42% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
21 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
34 Aye 68 No
Migration 4% aligned 102 shared votes
64 Aye 38 No

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

Voting record

60.2%
12% below average
Rank 574 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,276
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
715
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
561
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
8
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

66
-18.8 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 650
Appearances
111
+26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
109
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
Contributions
247
+99.3 vs Commons average
Rank 91 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£294,578
30% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
11
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
11
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

Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 63 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Migration
113 of 163 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Crime / Justice
122 of 194 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
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
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Child poverty strategy (removal of two child limit): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Sept 2025
No
Aye
Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading 10 Sept 2025
Transport
No
No
Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 58 10 Sept 2025
Transport
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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
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