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Sarah Bool vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Bool and David Simmonds voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

329 same votes 1 different votes 330 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
35 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
35 Aye 47 No
12 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
35 Aye 47 No
12 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

70.8%
2% below average
Rank 409 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
418
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
177
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
241
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

96
+12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 650
Appearances
108
+24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 650
Contributions
244
+98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£188,791
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£188,791
17% below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
9
2 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Work / Employment
35 of 39 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Crime / Justice
53 of 62 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API