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Lisa Smart vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and David Simmonds voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 265 shared comparable votes.

209 same votes 56 different votes 265 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
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
27 Aye 37 No
Tax 98% aligned 64 shared votes
26 Aye 38 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 18 No
Education 93% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 92% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 4 No
Housing 50% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 4 No
Benefits 56% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

66.2%
6% below average
Rank 494 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 130 of 650
418
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,413
1,699 eligible divisions
232
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
680
48.1% of votes cast
186
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
733
51.9% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

199
+104.8 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 650
Appearances
111
+16.8 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 650
276
+111.9 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 650
Contributions
168
+3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£239,061
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
25
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
3
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

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