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Liz Kendall vs David Simmonds

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

Photograph of Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West
vs
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Liz Kendall and David Simmonds voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 822 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 790 different votes 822 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
16 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 5 No
Energy 5% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
34 Aye 74 No
Migration 3% aligned 108 shared votes
71 Aye 37 No
41 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 93 shared votes
50 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
62 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 99 shared votes
37 Aye 62 No
29 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
10 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 15 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

64.4%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,530
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
875
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
655
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

37
-46.6 vs Commons average
Rank 522 of 650
Appearances
108
+24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
526
+380.3 vs Commons average
Rank 20 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

£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£249,722
10% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
4
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
64 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
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