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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 171 shared comparable votes.

163 same votes 8 different votes 171 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
9 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
0 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 12 shared votes
0 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 6 No
Trade 100% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 2 No
Transport 89% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 15 No
Housing 94% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 95% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

58.9%
14% below average
Rank 580 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 126 of 650
255
433 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,404
1,687 eligible divisions
117
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
678
48.3% of votes cast
138
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
726
51.7% of votes cast
7
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
1 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

109
+20.2 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 650
Appearances
109
+20.2 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
130
-24.6 vs Commons average
Rank 269 of 650
Contributions
195
+40.4 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 650

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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Trade
10 of 10 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Housing
22 of 25 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

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