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Ruth Jones vs David Simmonds

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

Photograph of Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Lab Newport West and Islwyn
vs
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Ruth Jones and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,009 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 962 different votes 1,009 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
15 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
30 Aye 98 No
Migration 5% aligned 128 shared votes
91 Aye 37 No
21 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 7 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
694
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
643
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
16
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
7 years, 5 months
Since 4 Apr 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 406 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

£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£296,369
31% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
5
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

Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Education
61 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Migration
136 of 154 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Housing
47 of 54 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
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
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