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Sarah Pochin vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and David Simmonds voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 151 shared comparable votes.

143 same votes 8 different votes 151 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
9 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
3 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
0 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 9 shared votes
0 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 3 No
Benefits 100% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 1 No
Transport 88% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 15 No
Housing 94% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 95% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
3 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

57.3%
14% below average
Rank 579 of 649
Participation
83.3%
12% above average
Rank 127 of 649
227
396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,375
1,650 eligible divisions
101
44.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
663
48.2% of votes cast
126
55.5% of votes cast
No votes
712
51.8% of votes cast
7
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

99
+19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
Appearances
107
+27.0 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
119
-20.4 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 649
Contributions
262
+122.6 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
7
5 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

Trade
7 of 7 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Housing
22 of 24 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 53 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API