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Priti Patel vs David Simmonds
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Priti Patel and David Simmonds voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 808 shared comparable votes.
801 same votes
7 different votes
808 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
61.8%
11% below average
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
1,487
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,404
1,687 eligible divisions
679
45.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
678
48.3% of votes cast
808
54.3% of votes cast
No votes
726
51.7% of votes cast
14
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
70
-18.8 vs Commons average
Appearances
109
+20.2 vs Commons average
96
-58.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
195
+40.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£244,429
8% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
12
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
12
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API