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Leigh Ingham vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Leigh Ingham and David Simmonds voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 275 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 265 different votes 275 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
2 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

66.9%
6% below average
Rank 479 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
395
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
195
49.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
200
50.6% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

113
+29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 650
Appearances
108
+24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
129
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 650
Contributions
244
+98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£240,870
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£240,870
6% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
3
2 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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API