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Mark Ferguson vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Mark Ferguson and David Simmonds voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 319 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 309 different votes 319 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 6 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 8 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
34 Aye 43 No
24 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

89.3%
17% above average
Rank 24 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
527
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
279
52.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
248
47.1% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

5
-77.3 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
13
-130.5 vs Commons average
Rank 620 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

£191,951
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£191,951
15% below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
7
3 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Migration
13 of 13 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API