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Layla Moran vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Layla Moran and David Simmonds voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 859 shared comparable votes.

201 same votes 658 different votes 859 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
3 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 75% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 70% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 14 No
Education 67% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
67 Aye 44 No
Tax 48% aligned 111 shared votes
39 Aye 72 No
22 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 36% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
34 Aye 67 No
Migration 3% aligned 101 shared votes
64 Aye 37 No
20 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 3% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

67.3 %
5 % below average
Rank 471 of 649
Participation
83.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 132 of 649
1,418
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,370
1,643 eligible divisions
808
57.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
660
48.2 % of votes cast
610
43.0 % of votes cast
No votes
710
51.8 % of votes cast
3
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

63
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 649
Appearances
105
+27.0 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
88
-50.5 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Contributions
258
+119.5 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,809,504
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£297,909
32 % above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12 % above average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
18
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

Environment / Climate
40 of 46 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
Brexit / EU
157 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Benefits
59 of 75 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 53 votes
Crime / Justice
148 of 194 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 52 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API