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Naz Shah vs David Simmonds

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

Photograph of Naz Shah
Naz Shah
Lab Bradford West
vs
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Naz Shah and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 889 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 844 different votes 889 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
15 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 15% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 8 No
Energy 6% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
29 Aye 73 No
Migration 5% aligned 102 shared votes
68 Aye 34 No
8 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
29 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
9 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 16 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

65.3%
7% below average
Rank 514 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,551
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
860
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
691
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
16
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

21
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
25
-118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 592 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

£2,337,527
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£312,636
38% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
9
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

Housing
57 of 67 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Brexit / EU
169 of 211 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
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
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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