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Rebecca Smith vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Rebecca Smith and David Simmonds voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 310 shared comparable votes.

308 same votes 2 different votes 310 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
31 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
7 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 7 No
Transport 100% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 67% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
31 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
7 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

70.4%
2% below average
Rank 416 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 130 of 650
444
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,413
1,699 eligible divisions
211
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
680
48.1% of votes cast
233
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
733
51.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

169
+74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 650
Appearances
111
+16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
301
+136.4 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 650
Contributions
168
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£213,132
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£213,132
6% below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 66 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API