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Lewis Cocking vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Lewis Cocking and David Simmonds voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 379 shared comparable votes.

377 same votes 2 different votes 379 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
33 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
33 Aye 43 No
14 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
7 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
11 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 71% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
33 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
33 Aye 43 No
14 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
7 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
11 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

78.4%
6% above average
Rank 234 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 129 of 650
486
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,404
1,688 eligible divisions
225
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
678
48.3% of votes cast
261
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
726
51.7% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

126
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 650
Appearances
109
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650
173
+9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650
Contributions
166
+2.5 vs Commons average
Rank 208 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£181,438
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£181,438
20% below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
Crime / Justice
57 of 66 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API