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Laura Trott vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Laura Trott and David Simmonds voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,088 shared comparable votes.

1,080 same votes 8 different votes 1,088 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
52 Aye 77 No
Tax 100% aligned 129 shared votes
52 Aye 77 No
65 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 126 shared votes
65 Aye 61 No
27 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 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
Most different by topic
11 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
82 Aye 36 No
Migration 98% aligned 118 shared votes
80 Aye 38 No
52 Aye 77 No
Tax 100% aligned 129 shared votes
52 Aye 77 No
65 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 126 shared votes
65 Aye 61 No
27 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

74.4%
2% above average
Rank 322 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 126 of 650
1,255
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,404
1,687 eligible divisions
651
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
678
48.3% of votes cast
604
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
726
51.7% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

33
-55.8 vs Commons average
Rank 547 of 650
Appearances
109
+20.2 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
53
-101.6 vs Commons average
Rank 511 of 650
Contributions
195
+40.4 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,164,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£284,794
26% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
14
5 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

Brexit / EU
64 of 64 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 63 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 44 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
Crime / Justice
143 of 178 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