David Simmonds’s voting in Parliament
David Simmonds is a Conservative MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Conservative MPs.
This is a random selection of David Simmonds’s votes.
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Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes
0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2020.
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Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes
2 votes for, 10 votes against, between 2020–2022.
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Has never voted on reducing central government funding of local government Details
0 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, in 2021.
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Consistently voted for increasing the rate of VAT Show votes
2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2022.
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Voted a mixture of for and against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes
3 votes for, 3 votes against, 4 absences, between 2021–2022.
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Voted a mixture of for and against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes
1 vote for, 2 votes against, 3 absences, in 2022.
Last updated: 17 Jan 2024.
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Recent appearances
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I am very much enjoying what my hon. Friend has to say to the House about this Budget. He will have heard the saying many times in the local government world that, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast”. One Opposition party has a strategy of trying to pretend it has no funding commitments but it has a deeply ingrained culture of tax and spend, whereas we have a party of government whose...
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I welcome this Bill, as I did the previous one that reduced national insurance contributions. As a starting point, we must recognise that a lot of the lobbying about our economy tends to come from the biggest organisations with the deepest pockets. Around 70% of people employed in this country work in an enterprise with fewer than five staff. Those businesses do not necessarily have a big...
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One of my mother’s favourite phrases was that anything can be proved with statistics. It seems to me that Budget debates always follow that, as they are something of a statistical salad from which Members can pick out their favourite morsels to support any individual argument. What is often more important is not to pick and choose statistics to advance an argument, but to look at trends....
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Profile
Conservative MP for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
Entered the House of Commons on 13 December 2019 — General election
Expenses
Topics of interest
- Home Office
- Department for Education
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Department for Transport
- Foreign
- Commonwealth and Development Office
- Immigration: EU Nationals
- Question
- Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving Licences
- Asylum: Employment
- Asylum
Currently held offices
- Member, Finance Bill Committee (since 10 Jan 2024)
- Member, Finance Committee (Commons) (since 2 Mar 2020)
Other offices held in the past
- Member, Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill Committee ( 3 May 2023 to 23 May 2023)
- Member, Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill Committee (15 Mar 2023 to 23 Mar 2023)
- Member, Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill Committee ( 8 Mar 2023 to 15 Mar 2023)
- Member, Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform Bill) Committee ( 2 Nov 2022 to 6 Nov 2022)
- Member, Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL] Committee (19 Jan 2022 to 27 Jan 2022)
- Member, Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill Committee ( 7 Sep 2021 to 22 Sep 2021)
- Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) (15 Jun 2021 to 11 Mar 2024)
- Member, Education Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 19 Oct 2021)
Previous MPs in this constituency
Public bill committees (Sittings attended)
Register of Members’ Interests
Last updated: 4 Mar 2024.
2. (b) Any other support not included in
Category 2(a)
Name of donor: The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (
RAMP)
Address of donor: The Courtyard, High Street, Ascot SL5 7HP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The services of a Policy Adviser for 2.5 days per week; estimated value £20,000
Date received: 1 January 2023 - 31 December 2023
Date accepted: 1 January 2023
Donor status: company, registration 12373468
(Registered 13 February 2023)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from
UK sources
Name of donor: Kamal Pankhania
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Ticket to the Conservative Summer Ball, value £1,500
Date received: 29 June 2023
Date accepted: 29 June 2023
Donor status: individual
(Registered 12 July 2023)
8. Miscellaneous
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