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Tim Farron vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Tim Farron and David Simmonds voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 855 shared comparable votes.

198 same votes 657 different votes 855 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
16 Aye 11 No
Education 67% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 58% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 53% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
62 Aye 53 No
Tax 50% aligned 115 shared votes
36 Aye 79 No
27 Aye 21 No
Defence 25% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 16 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 18 No
Trade 3% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

62.8 %
10 % below average
Rank 544 of 649
Participation
83.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 132 of 649
1,482
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,370
1,643 eligible divisions
811
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
660
48.2 % of votes cast
671
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
710
51.8 % of votes cast
21
1.4 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

146
+68.0 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 649
Appearances
105
+27.0 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
168
+29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 156 of 649
Contributions
258
+119.5 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£301,196
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12 % above average
13
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
24
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

#1
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 53 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

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