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Shockat Adam vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Shockat Adam and David Simmonds voted the same way 49% of the time, based on 233 shared comparable votes.

114 same votes 119 different votes 233 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
8 Aye 15 No
Education 83% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
21 Aye 24 No
Tax 67% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
3 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 67% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 5 No
Energy 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 3 No
Transport 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 6 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

59.0%
14% below average
Rank 581 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
348
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
190
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
158
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
n/a
rebellion not calculated
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

188
+104.3 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 649
Appearances
108
+24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
206
+60.1 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 649
Contributions
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£231,212
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£231,212
2% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
2
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

Housing
26 of 32 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Defence
23 of 34 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Education
31 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API