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Graham Stringer vs David Simmonds

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

Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South
vs
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 773 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 732 different votes 773 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 21 No
Defence 8% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 4 No
Energy 6% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
26 Aye 80 No
Migration 6% aligned 106 shared votes
74 Aye 32 No
5 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 6 No
Education 4% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

57.7%
15% below average
Rank 589 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,372
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
685
49.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
687
50.1% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
115
8.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 649
Appearances
108
+24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
44
-101.9 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 649
Contributions
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29% below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
1
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

Migration
123 of 171 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Defence
47 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Housing
44 of 67 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
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
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
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
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