David Simmonds, MP for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
David Simmonds has been an MP since 2019. Currently: Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing and Communities); Opposition Whip (Commons); Committee of Selection.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) | 2024 | |
| Opposition Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2024 to now | Now |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Committee of Selection | 2026 to now | Now |
| Representation of the People Bill | 2026 | |
| English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill | 2025 | |
| Planning and Infrastructure Bill | 2025 | |
| Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill | 2024 | |
| Renters’ Rights Bill | 2024 | |
| Prison Media Bill | 2024 | |
| Community and Suspended Sentences (Notification of Details) Bill | 2024 |
Show the other 13
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill | 2024 | |
| Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill | 2024 | |
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 2024 | |
| Finance Bill | 2024 | |
| Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill | 2023 | |
| Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill | 2023 | |
| Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill | 2023 | |
| Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform Bill) | 2022 | |
| Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL] | 2022 | |
| Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill | 2021 | |
| Human Rights (Joint Committee) | 2021 to 2024 | |
| Finance Committee (Commons) | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Education Committee | 2020 to 2021 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
David Simmonds has 7 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Kamal Pankhania, Chief Executive Officer, Westcombe Group Ltd - £1,200.00 | 23 Jun 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP) - £9,945.00 | 2 Apr 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP) - £9,750.00 | 5 Jan 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP) - £3,250.00 | 5 Jan 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Parliamentary Vice-President of London Councils. This is an unpaid role. | 24 Jun 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Unpaid board member, Localis | 22 Apr 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | An unpaid Vice-President of the Local Government Association (LGA). | 21 Oct 2020 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
David Simmonds asked 562 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
16 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
David Simmonds represents Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
David Simmonds won with 45% of the votes, and Tony Gill (Labour) came second with 29%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Simmonds | Conservative | 21,366 | 45.4% |
| Tony Gill | Labour | 13,785 | 29.3% |
| Ian Price | Reform UK | 4,671 | 9.9% |
| Jonathan Banks | Liberal Democrat | 4,343 | 9.2% |
| Jess Lee | Green Party | 2,926 | 6.2% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months David Simmonds took part in 184 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
David Simmonds voted the same way as their party in 182 of the 182 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | For | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this