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Melanie Onn vs David Simmonds

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

Photograph of Melanie Onn
Melanie Onn
Lab Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
vs
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Melanie Onn and David Simmonds voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 290 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 283 different votes 290 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
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 5 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
1 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
12 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
41 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
32 Aye 41 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
32 Aye 41 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

73.6 %
1 % above average
Rank 343 of 649
Participation
83.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 132 of 649
423
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,370
1,643 eligible divisions
210
49.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
660
48.2 % of votes cast
213
50.4 % of votes cast
No votes
710
51.8 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

83
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 650
Appearances
105
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 650
105
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 650
Contributions
258
+119.7 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,014,663
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£201,216
11 % below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12 % above average
6
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 53 votes
Energy
17 of 20 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Tax
94 of 111 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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