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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.


Voting alignment

Rachel Gilmour and David Simmonds voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 170 shared comparable votes.

130 same votes 40 different votes 170 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
6 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 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

42.4%
30% below average
Rank 630 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
250
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
139
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
111
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
3
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

125
+42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 103 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 192 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

£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
7
5 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 32 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Benefits
17 of 30 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Defence
18 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API