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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 751 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 712 different votes 751 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 13 No
Defence 10% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 4 No
Energy 6% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
26 Aye 79 No
Migration 6% aligned 105 shared votes
73 Aye 32 No
5 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 6 No
Education 5% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 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

58.0 %
15 % below average
Rank 594 of 648
Participation
83.5 %
10 % above average
Rank 140 of 648
1,342
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,331
1,594 eligible divisions
676
50.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
637
47.9 % of votes cast
666
49.6 % of votes cast
No votes
694
52.1 % of votes cast
112
8.3 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

47
-13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 648
Appearances
82
+21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 648
33
-75.9 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 648
Contributions
232
+123.1 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 648

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
6
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
121 of 169 votes
#1
Migration
144 of 152 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
Transport
62 of 87 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes
Housing
44 of 66 votes
#5
Defence
51 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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