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Ms Abena Oppong-Asare vs David Simmonds

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

Photograph of Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
Lab Erith and Thamesmead
vs
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Ms Abena Oppong-Asare and David Simmonds voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,001 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 945 different votes 1,001 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
18 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 15% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
35 Aye 97 No
Migration 5% aligned 132 shared votes
90 Aye 42 No
20 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 9 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
11 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 36 shared votes
9 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

76.2%
4% above average
Rank 281 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,264
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
670
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
594
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
14
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
22
-121.5 vs Commons average
Rank 600 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

£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£288,312
27% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
1
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

Education
63 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Migration
139 of 154 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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