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Karl Turner vs David Simmonds

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

Photograph of Karl Turner
Karl Turner
Ind Kingston upon Hull East
vs
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Karl Turner and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 723 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 689 different votes 723 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
13 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 22% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 15 No
Benefits 7% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 20 No
Transport 3% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
33 Aye 59 No
Migration 3% aligned 92 shared votes
56 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
78 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 109 shared votes
31 Aye 78 No
21 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

56.9%
16% below average
Rank 598 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,353
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
784
57.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
569
42.1% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
3
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

31
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 649
Appearances
108
+24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
21
-124.9 vs Commons average
Rank 605 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

£2,663,153
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£218,387
3% below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
4
3 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

Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Housing
46 of 67 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Transport
64 of 95 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Benefits
52 of 81 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Trade
58 of 91 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Jury trials 7 Jan 2026
Aye
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
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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