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Rachael Maskell vs David Simmonds

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

Photograph of Rachael Maskell
Rachael Maskell
Lab York Central
vs
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Rachael Maskell and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,105 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,050 different votes 1,105 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
19 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 16% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
35 Aye 99 No
Migration 5% aligned 134 shared votes
92 Aye 42 No
13 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 17 No
Benefits 3% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
10 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

84.0%
11% above average
Rank 113 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,995
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
1,083
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
912
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
47
2.4% 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

253
+170.7 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
307
+163.5 vs Commons average
Rank 54 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

£1,927,153
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£256,869
14% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
9
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
91 of 96 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Transport
89 of 95 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 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
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
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
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