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Greg Smith vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Greg Smith and David Simmonds voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,275 shared comparable votes.

1,249 same votes 26 different votes 1,275 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
66 Aye 103 No
Tax 100% aligned 169 shared votes
66 Aye 103 No
28 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
25 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 26 No
Benefits 100% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 88% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
104 Aye 39 No
Migration 96% aligned 143 shared votes
98 Aye 45 No
70 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 141 shared votes
70 Aye 71 No
66 Aye 103 No
Tax 100% aligned 169 shared votes
66 Aye 103 No
28 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

88.6%
16% above average
Rank 34 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 130 of 650
1,506
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,413
1,699 eligible divisions
733
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
680
48.1% of votes cast
773
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
733
51.9% of votes cast
21
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

246
+151.5 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
Appearances
111
+16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
370
+205.4 vs Commons average
Rank 47 of 650
Contributions
168
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
11
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
3
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

Brexit / EU
64 of 64 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Trade
55 of 56 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Migration
149 of 154 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API