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Sir Julian Smith vs David Simmonds
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Julian Smith and David Simmonds voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,068 shared comparable votes.
1,061 same votes
7 different votes
1,068 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
77.4%
5% above average
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
1,862
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,404
1,687 eligible divisions
898
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
678
48.3% of votes cast
964
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
726
51.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% 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
104
+15.2 vs Commons average
Appearances
109
+20.2 vs Commons average
129
-25.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
195
+40.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
5
5 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
1
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
No
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API