The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Sarah Jones vs David Simmonds

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

Photograph of Sarah Jones
Sarah Jones
Lab Croydon West
vs
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Sarah Jones and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 849 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 808 different votes 849 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
28 Aye 93 No
Migration 6% aligned 121 shared votes
86 Aye 35 No
12 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 6 No
Energy 4% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 3% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

66.7%
6% below average
Rank 485 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,414
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
786
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
628
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
552
+408.5 vs Commons average
Rank 14 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

£1,822,449
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£279,929
24% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Migration
136 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 46 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 6 Dec 2024
Tax
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API