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Martin Vickers vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Martin Vickers and David Simmonds voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,187 shared comparable votes.

1,173 same votes 14 different votes 1,187 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
60 Aye 98 No
Tax 100% aligned 158 shared votes
60 Aye 98 No
27 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 52 shared votes
21 Aye 31 No
22 Aye 24 No
Trade 100% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
97 Aye 42 No
Migration 98% aligned 139 shared votes
94 Aye 45 No
71 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 140 shared votes
71 Aye 69 No
60 Aye 98 No
Tax 100% aligned 158 shared votes
60 Aye 98 No
27 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

84.7%
12% above average
Rank 95 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 126 of 650
2,038
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,404
1,687 eligible divisions
968
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
678
48.3% of votes cast
1,070
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
726
51.7% of votes cast
26
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

169
+80.2 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 650
Appearances
109
+20.2 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
168
+13.2 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 650
Contributions
195
+40.2 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,256,309
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£210,269
7% below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
8
4 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

Brexit / EU
206 of 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Trade
90 of 94 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Work / Employment
76 of 80 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Migration
160 of 171 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API