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Mike Wood vs Josh Simons

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

Photograph of Mike Wood
Mike Wood
Con Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
vs
Photograph of Josh Simons
Josh Simons
Lab Makerfield

Voting alignment

Mike Wood and Josh Simons voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 242 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 237 different votes 242 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 4 No
Benefits 10% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
25 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
31 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
24 Aye 31 No
6 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
24 Aye 31 No
6 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

86.5 %
13 % above average
Rank 80 of 648
Participation
64.1 %
9 % below average
Rank 534 of 648
2,001
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
337
526 eligible divisions
957
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
152
45.1 % of votes cast
1,044
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
185
54.9 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
+16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 648
Appearances
15
-45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 648
117
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 648
Contributions
86
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£259,375
all imported IPSA years
£275,907
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£259,375
15 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Migration
162 of 169 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Defence
56 of 59 votes
#3
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
Trade
83 of 88 votes
#4
Energy
15 of 17 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
No
Aye
Opposition day: Fuel duty 18 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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