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Richard Burgon vs David Simmonds

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

Photograph of Richard Burgon
Richard Burgon
Lab Leeds East
vs
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Richard Burgon and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,061 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,004 different votes 1,061 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
25 Aye 15 No
Education 10% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
33 Aye 94 No
Migration 5% aligned 127 shared votes
88 Aye 39 No
61 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 117 shared votes
56 Aye 61 No
15 Aye 15 No
Housing 3% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 19 No
Benefits 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 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

80.1%
7% above average
Rank 194 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,903
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
1,042
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
861
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
45
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

84
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
96
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 341 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

£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£301,574
33% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
8
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

Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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