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Michael Wheeler vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Michael Wheeler and David Simmonds voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 340 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 330 different votes 340 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 8 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
34 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
36 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
36 Aye 34 No
17 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

88.9 %
16 % above average
Rank 29 of 649
Participation
83.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 132 of 649
511
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,370
1,643 eligible divisions
256
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
660
48.2 % of votes cast
255
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
710
51.8 % of votes cast
2
0.4 % 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

15
-63.5 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 649
Appearances
109
+30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
21
-118.3 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 649
Contributions
262
+122.7 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£199,765
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£199,765
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12 % above average
2
2 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Crime / Justice
60 of 62 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

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