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Mr Angus MacDonald vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Mr Angus MacDonald and David Simmonds voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 226 shared comparable votes.

186 same votes 40 different votes 226 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
19 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
19 Aye 37 No
3 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 93% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 91% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 4 No
Housing 50% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 67% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 3 No
Transport 75% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Energy 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

59.4%
13% below average
Rank 578 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 129 of 650
368
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,404
1,688 eligible divisions
200
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
678
48.3% of votes cast
168
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
726
51.7% of votes cast
15
4.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

58
-35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
Appearances
108
+15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 650
82
-80.0 vs Commons average
Rank 441 of 650
Contributions
165
+3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£196,056
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£196,056
13% below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
7
3 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

Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 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