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Sarah Sackman vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Sackman and David Simmonds voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 277 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 271 different votes 277 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 5 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 4 No
Benefits 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
17 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

69.5%
3% below average
Rank 439 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
410
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
214
52.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
196
47.8% 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

64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
359
+215.5 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Contributions
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£206,246
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£206,246
9% below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
17
5 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API