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Mary Kelly Foy vs David Simmonds

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

Photograph of Mary Kelly Foy
Mary Kelly Foy
Lab City of Durham
vs
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Mary Kelly Foy and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 878 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 834 different votes 878 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 12 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
33 Aye 78 No
Migration 5% aligned 111 shared votes
72 Aye 39 No
13 Aye 6 No
Energy 5% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 17 No
Trade 3% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
32 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
8 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
26 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 494 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,101
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
559
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
542
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
30
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
70
-73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 442 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

£1,276,742
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£286,681
27% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
1
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

Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Education
59 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
42 of 50 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Defence
58 of 70 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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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