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Emma Hardy vs David Simmonds

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

Photograph of Emma Hardy
Emma Hardy
Lab Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
vs
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Emma Hardy and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 910 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 862 different votes 910 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 12 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 14 No
Benefits 8% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
25 Aye 84 No
Migration 6% aligned 109 shared votes
78 Aye 31 No
13 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
28 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
11 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 15 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

70.6%
2% below average
Rank 417 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,497
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
807
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
690
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
10
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

78
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
391
+247.5 vs Commons average
Rank 38 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

£1,996,509
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£312,134
38% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
6
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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Brexit / EU
160 of 188 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 46 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 Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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