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Emma Lewell vs David Simmonds

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

Photograph of Emma Lewell
Emma Lewell
Lab South Shields
vs
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Emma Lewell and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 945 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 894 different votes 945 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 11 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 14 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 86 No
Migration 5% aligned 112 shared votes
80 Aye 32 No
31 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 38 shared votes
9 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 5% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
88 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 133 shared votes
45 Aye 88 No
23 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

71.0%
2% below average
Rank 408 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,686
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
936
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
750
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
36
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
13 years, 4 months
Since 2 May 2013
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

73
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
75
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 420 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

£2,461,712
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£300,553
33% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
5
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
64 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Trade
77 of 91 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax 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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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