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Sarah Russell vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Russell and David Simmonds voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 317 different votes 323 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
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
37 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
32 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
32 Aye 37 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% 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

82.4%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
486
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
247
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
239
49.2% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

93
+10.8 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 649
Appearances
110
+27.8 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
138
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 649
Contributions
263
+119.7 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£179,204
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£179,204
21% below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
2
2 registered categories
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

#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Education
49 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API