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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 94% of the time, based on 134 shared comparable votes.

126 same votes 8 different votes 134 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
7 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
1 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 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
0 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 7 shared votes
0 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 1 No
Transport 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 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
7 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
1 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

57.9 %
15 % below average
Rank 591 of 647
Participation
83.4 %
10 % above average
Rank 134 of 647
206
356 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,342
1,610 eligible divisions
87
42.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
646
48.1 % of votes cast
119
57.8 % of votes cast
No votes
696
51.9 % of votes cast
7
3.4 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7 % of votes cast
1 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

63
-2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 247 of 647
Appearances
88
+22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 647
74
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 647
Contributions
238
+122.2 vs Commons average
Rank 62 of 647

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
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Migration
144 of 152 votes
Trade
4 of 4 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
Housing
22 of 24 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 53 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes
Migration
7 of 9 votes
#5
Defence
51 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API