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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 1,049 shared comparable votes.

1,021 same votes 28 different votes 1,049 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
45 Aye 91 No
Tax 100% aligned 136 shared votes
45 Aye 91 No
20 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 24 No
Trade 100% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 88% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
88 Aye 38 No
Migration 95% aligned 126 shared votes
82 Aye 44 No
9 Aye 14 No
Housing 96% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
27 Aye 11 No
Transport 97% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
67 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 110 shared votes
65 Aye 45 No

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

Voting record

75.3%
3% above average
Rank 301 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 126 of 650
1,270
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,404
1,687 eligible divisions
639
50.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
678
48.3% of votes cast
631
49.7% of votes cast
No votes
726
51.7% of votes cast
10
0.8% 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

56
-32.8 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 650
Appearances
109
+20.2 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
78
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 444 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

£1,149,279
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
4 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

Trade
56 of 56 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 63 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 64 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
Migration
134 of 154 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