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Sir Gavin Williamson vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and David Simmonds voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,085 shared comparable votes.

1,078 same votes 7 different votes 1,085 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
63 Aye 99 No
Tax 100% aligned 162 shared votes
63 Aye 99 No
54 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 109 shared votes
54 Aye 55 No
27 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 44 shared votes
14 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
31 Aye 14 No
Transport 98% aligned 45 shared votes
32 Aye 13 No
93 Aye 41 No
Migration 99% aligned 134 shared votes
91 Aye 43 No
63 Aye 99 No
Tax 100% aligned 162 shared votes
63 Aye 99 No
54 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 109 shared votes
54 Aye 55 No

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

Voting record

78.3%
6% above average
Rank 239 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 126 of 650
1,884
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,404
1,687 eligible divisions
902
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
678
48.3% of votes cast
982
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
726
51.7% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

86
-2.8 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 650
Appearances
109
+20.2 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
102
-52.6 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 650
Contributions
195
+40.4 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
10
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

Brexit / EU
201 of 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Transport
84 of 96 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Trade
81 of 94 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API