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Jessica Morden vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Jessica Morden and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 985 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 935 different votes 985 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
11 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 19% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 12 No
Benefits 8% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 10 No
Energy 7% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
35 Aye 91 No
Migration 6% aligned 126 shared votes
84 Aye 42 No
55 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 114 shared votes
59 Aye 55 No
Most different by topic
90 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 133 shared votes
43 Aye 90 No
27 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

78.2%
6% above average
Rank 236 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,858
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
1,030
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
828
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
60
-83.5 vs Commons average
Rank 471 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

£2,752,356
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£297,501
32% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
2
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

Defence
68 of 71 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API