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Lee Anderson vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Lee Anderson and David Simmonds voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,009 shared comparable votes.

981 same votes 28 different votes 1,009 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
43 Aye 91 No
Tax 100% aligned 134 shared votes
43 Aye 91 No
20 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 22 No
Benefits 100% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 18 No
Trade 100% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 88% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
87 Aye 38 No
Migration 95% aligned 125 shared votes
81 Aye 44 No
9 Aye 14 No
Housing 96% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
25 Aye 10 No
Transport 97% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
67 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 109 shared votes
65 Aye 44 No

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

Voting record

75.6 %
3 % above average
Rank 304 of 647
Participation
83.4 %
10 % above average
Rank 136 of 647
1,214
1,605 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,339
1,605 eligible divisions
608
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
644
48.1 % of votes cast
606
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
695
51.9 % of votes cast
10
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

49
-14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 647
Appearances
83
+19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 647
71
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 647
Contributions
233
+119.4 vs Commons average
Rank 62 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£264,074
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12 % above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#1
Migration
144 of 152 votes
Trade
50 of 50 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 53 votes
Defence
54 of 58 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
51 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API