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Mr Calvin Bailey vs David Simmonds

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

Photograph of Mr Calvin Bailey
Mr Calvin Bailey
Lab Leyton and Wanstead
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Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Mr Calvin Bailey and David Simmonds voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 257 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 251 different votes 257 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
8 Aye 5 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
26 Aye 29 No
Tax 4% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
1 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

63.2%
9% below average
Rank 538 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
373
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
194
52.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
179
48.0% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

101
+18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
218
+74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 649
Contributions
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£186,701
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£186,701
17% below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
0
0 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

Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Defence
26 of 34 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Education
38 of 50 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Housing
23 of 32 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
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
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
Motion to sit in private 6 Dec 2024
Tax
No
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