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Gill German vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Gill German and David Simmonds voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 285 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 275 different votes 285 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
2 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 8 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
32 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

73.4%
1% above average
Rank 350 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
433
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
203
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
230
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

21
-62.6 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 650
Appearances
108
+24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
28
-117.7 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 650
Contributions
244
+98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£150,075
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£150,075
34% below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
0
0 registered categories
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Tax
87 of 112 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API