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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and David Simmonds voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 979 shared comparable votes.

976 same votes 3 different votes 979 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
45 Aye 85 No
Tax 100% aligned 130 shared votes
45 Aye 85 No
65 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 102 shared votes
65 Aye 37 No
46 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 101 shared votes
46 Aye 55 No
25 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
15 Aye 30 No
Housing 100% aligned 45 shared votes
15 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 94% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
45 Aye 85 No
Tax 100% aligned 130 shared votes
45 Aye 85 No
65 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 102 shared votes
65 Aye 37 No
46 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 101 shared votes
46 Aye 55 No
25 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

72.4 %
same as average
Rank 374 of 647
Participation
83.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 128 of 647
1,689
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,347
1,615 eligible divisions
774
45.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
650
48.3 % of votes cast
915
54.2 % of votes cast
No votes
697
51.7 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

70
+3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
Appearances
96
+29.0 vs Commons average
Rank 114 of 649
93
-26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 649
Contributions
246
+126.9 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
3
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

Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
#1
Migration
144 of 152 votes
Trade
83 of 88 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 53 votes
Housing
61 of 66 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes
Defence
59 of 64 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 63 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API