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Jeff Smith vs David Simmonds

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

Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington
vs
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 932 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 886 different votes 932 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
15 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 18% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 10 No
Energy 7% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
27 Aye 90 No
Migration 5% aligned 117 shared votes
84 Aye 33 No
10 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 11 No
Trade 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 436 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

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
4
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

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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
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 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
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) 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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
Motion to sit in private 6 Dec 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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