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Matt Western vs David Simmonds
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Matt Western and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 967 shared comparable votes.
53 same votes
914 different votes
967 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
74.1%
1% above average
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
4
0.3% 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
93
+10.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
3
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API