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Rachel Gilmour vs David Simmonds

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

Photograph of Rachel Gilmour
Rachel Gilmour
LD Tiverton and Minehead
vs
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Rachel Gilmour and David Simmonds voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 163 shared comparable votes.

129 same votes 34 different votes 163 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
3 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
21 Aye 22 No
Tax 98% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 89% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 2 No
Education 83% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 0 No
Energy 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 4 No
Benefits 56% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 11 No
Housing 78% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 80% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

42.5 %
30 % below average
Rank 632 of 650
Participation
83.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 134 of 650
239
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,361
1,631 eligible divisions
131
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
657
48.3 % of votes cast
108
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
704
51.7 % of votes cast
3
1.3 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

111
+40.1 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 650
Appearances
105
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 650
132
+6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 650
Contributions
255
+129.2 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£174,467
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£174,467
23 % below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12 % above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
1
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
24 of 31 votes
#1
Migration
144 of 152 votes
Devolution / Local Government
18 of 24 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
Democracy / Parliament
6 of 10 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 53 votes
Benefits
17 of 30 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes
Crime / Justice
32 of 61 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill: Second Reading 16 Sep 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Child poverty strategy (removal of two child limit): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Sep 2025
No
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 8 Sep 2025
Housing
No
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 18 8 Sep 2025
Housing
No
Aye
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 4 Sep 2025
Democracy / Parliament
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API