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Mike Wood vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Mike Wood and David Simmonds voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,211 shared comparable votes.

1,203 same votes 8 different votes 1,211 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 95 No
Tax 100% aligned 155 shared votes
60 Aye 95 No
30 Aye 31 No
Defence 100% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 34 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
12 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
95 Aye 33 No
Migration 98% aligned 128 shared votes
93 Aye 35 No
71 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 138 shared votes
70 Aye 68 No
60 Aye 95 No
Tax 100% aligned 155 shared votes
60 Aye 95 No
30 Aye 31 No
Defence 100% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 68 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 126 of 650
2,074
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,404
1,687 eligible divisions
1,001
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
678
48.3% of votes cast
1,073
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
726
51.7% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

122
+34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 127 of 650
Appearances
109
+21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650
177
+23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650
Contributions
195
+41.6 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£275,907
22% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
5
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
79 of 82 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Migration
162 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Trade
87 of 94 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
Housing
61 of 67 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