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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 312 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 307 different votes 312 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
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
23 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 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
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

83.1 %
10 % above average
Rank 139 of 650
Participation
83.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 134 of 650
468
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,361
1,631 eligible divisions
242
51.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
657
48.3 % of votes cast
226
48.3 % of votes cast
No votes
704
51.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

75
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 650
Appearances
104
+33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 650
113
-12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650
Contributions
254
+128.5 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650

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

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Migration
144 of 152 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 53 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API