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Sir Mark Tami vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mark Tami and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,083 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,031 different votes 1,083 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
14 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 19% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 8 No
Energy 7% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
33 Aye 97 No
Migration 5% aligned 130 shared votes
90 Aye 40 No
13 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
11 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

82.5%
10% above average
Rank 145 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,961
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
1,069
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
892
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

0
-82.3 vs Commons average
Rank 645 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
0
-143.5 vs Commons average
Rank 644 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

£2,953,004
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£286,200
27% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
2
2 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

Education
91 of 96 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 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