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Julia Lopez vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Julia Lopez and David Simmonds voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,208 shared comparable votes.

1,199 same votes 9 different votes 1,208 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 108 No
Tax 100% aligned 174 shared votes
66 Aye 108 No
26 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 50 shared votes
19 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 26 No
Benefits 100% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 87% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
68 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 123 shared votes
68 Aye 55 No
97 Aye 41 No
Migration 99% aligned 138 shared votes
95 Aye 43 No
66 Aye 108 No
Tax 100% aligned 174 shared votes
66 Aye 108 No
26 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

83.3%
11% above average
Rank 123 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 126 of 650
1,792
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,404
1,687 eligible divisions
861
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
678
48.3% of votes cast
931
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
726
51.7% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

30
-58.0 vs Commons average
Rank 571 of 650
Appearances
109
+21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650
38
-115.4 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 650
Contributions
195
+41.6 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£227,011
same as average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
0
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
186 of 189 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Migration
151 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Trade
82 of 90 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 47 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