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Jen Craft vs David Simmonds

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

Photograph of Jen Craft
Jen Craft
Lab Thurrock
vs
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Jen Craft and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 335 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 319 different votes 335 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
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 8 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
31 Aye 43 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

83.4%
11% above average
Rank 125 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
492
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
249
50.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
243
49.4% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
13
2.6% 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

99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 649
Appearances
108
+24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
128
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 253 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

£193,514
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£193,514
14% below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
2
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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