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Nigel Farage vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and David Simmonds voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 128 shared comparable votes.

125 same votes 3 different votes 128 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
14 Aye 12 No
Tax 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 100% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 92% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 11 No
Housing 93% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 12 No
Tax 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

85.7%
13% above average
Rank 83 of 649
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 130 of 649
6
7 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,375
1,650 eligible divisions
4
66.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
663
48.2% of votes cast
2
33.3% of votes cast
No votes
712
51.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
0 months
Since 13 Aug 2026
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

14
-66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 649
Appearances
107
+27.0 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
16
-123.4 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 649
Contributions
262
+122.6 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£162,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£162,580
28% below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
35
7 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

Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
No topic data
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
No topic data
#3
Housing
48 of 53 votes
No topic data
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
No topic data
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API