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Martin Rhodes vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Martin Rhodes and David Simmonds voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 320 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 309 different votes 320 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
8 Aye 7 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
42 Aye 34 No
Tax 1% aligned 76 shared votes
33 Aye 43 No
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 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

84.5 %
12 % above average
Rank 105 of 649
Participation
83.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 132 of 649
486
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,370
1,643 eligible divisions
237
48.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
660
48.2 % of votes cast
249
51.2 % of votes cast
No votes
710
51.8 % of votes cast
8
1.6 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

79
+0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 649
Appearances
109
+30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 649
93
-45.6 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 649
Contributions
262
+123.4 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£133,441
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£133,441
41 % 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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 53 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API