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Rushanara Ali vs David Simmonds

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

Photograph of Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney
vs
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Rushanara Ali and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,015 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 962 different votes 1,015 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
14 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
35 Aye 90 No
Migration 6% aligned 125 shared votes
83 Aye 42 No
20 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 8 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 43 shared votes
15 Aye 28 No
32 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 42 shared votes
10 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
30 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
9 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
1,025
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
787
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
20
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

46
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
43
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 534 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

£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£325,502
44% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
0
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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Trade
80 of 91 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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
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