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Liz Twist vs David Simmonds

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

Photograph of Liz Twist
Liz Twist
Lab Blaydon and Consett
vs
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Liz Twist and David Simmonds voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 953 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 894 different votes 953 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
13 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 21% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 9 No
Energy 9% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 6% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
29 Aye 84 No
Migration 5% aligned 113 shared votes
78 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
74 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 124 shared votes
50 Aye 74 No
27 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
30 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
11 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

84.6%
12% above average
Rank 104 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,794
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
974
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
820
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
16
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

105
+22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
149
+5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 649
Contributions
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,878,627
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£305,039
35% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
2
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
68 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Housing
52 of 55 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 46 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 73 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Migration
149 of 163 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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