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Paul Davies vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Paul Davies and David Simmonds voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 393 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 384 different votes 393 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
2 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 8 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
37 Aye 47 No
24 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

94.2%
22% above average
Rank 2 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 129 of 650
584
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,404
1,688 eligible divisions
296
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
678
48.3% of votes cast
288
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
726
51.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

52
-40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 650
Appearances
108
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 650
61
-100.6 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 650
Contributions
165
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 206 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,533
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£194,533
14% 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
Benefits
30 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