Member of Parliament
David Simmonds
Conservative MP for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)·Opposition Whip (Commons)
At a glanceDavid Simmonds is a Conservative MP for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner, and has represented the seat for 6 years, 7 months. They currently serve as Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing and Communities). They have cast 382 votes in Commons divisions (66% attendance), tabled 960 written questions and registered 7 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; David Simmonds did not vote in 121. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
He currently undertakes the roles of Opposition Whip (Commons), and Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing and Communities).
Current roles
- Representation of the People Bill Committee since 11 Mar 2026
- Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Opposition post · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government since 6 Nov 2024
- Opposition Whip (Commons) Opposition post · Whips Office (Commons) since 19 Jul 2024
- Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Conservative Party since 12 Dec 2019
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Damian Hinds
Conservative
100.0% · 359 of 359 shared votes
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Sir Julian Lewis
Conservative
100.0% · 358 of 358 shared votes
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Edward Argar
Conservative
100.0% · 353 of 353 shared votes
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Dr Andrew Murrison
Conservative
100.0% · 353 of 353 shared votes
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Mims Davies
Conservative
100.0% · 352 of 352 shared votes
Votes least like
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Michael Payne
Labour
0.6% · 2 of 308 shared votes
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Kerry McCarthy
Labour
0.9% · 3 of 333 shared votes
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Ruth Cadbury
Labour
1.3% · 4 of 299 shared votes
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Ellie Reeves
Labour
1.3% · 3 of 236 shared votes
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Emily Darlington
Labour
1.4% · 5 of 345 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP3
- The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP) - £9,945.00 (registered 2 Apr 2026)
- The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP) - £3,250.00 (registered 5 Jan 2026)
- The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP) - £9,750.00 (registered 5 Jan 2026)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources1
- Kamal Pankhania, Chief Executive Officer, Westcombe Group Ltd - £1,200.00 (registered 23 Jun 2026)
Miscellaneous3
- Parliamentary Vice-President of London Councils. This is an unpaid role. (registered 24 Jun 2025)
- Unpaid board member, Localis (registered 22 Apr 2025)
- An unpaid Vice-President of the Local Government Association (LGA). (registered 21 Oct 2020)
Written questions
Council Tax: Surcharges
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the answer of 21 April 2026, to Question 126749, on Council Tax: Surcharges, what the evidential basis is for residential dwellings being liable for both taxes, including the proposed higher level
Awaiting an answer from the Treasury.
Religious Buildings: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there is a special category code which the HMRC Valuation Office uses to categorise places of worship for business rate liability or whether places of worship are exempt from the valuation process; and what
Awaiting an answer from the Treasury.
Council Tax: Valuation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has the HMRC Valuation Office made of the estimated (a) number and (b) proportion of council tax appeals that will be (i) submitted and (ii) accepted, on the new council tax valuation list in Wales, fo
Awaiting an answer from the Treasury.
Council Tax: Valuation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the answer of 17 September 2024, to Question 5223, on Council Tax: Wales, whether an external firm has been commissioned to assist on council tax automated valuation model or computer assisted mass
Awaiting an answer from the Treasury.
Council Tax: Valuation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the proposed publication date by the HMRC Valuation Office for the draft council tax valuation list in Wales is, following the council tax revaluation.
Awaiting an answer from the Treasury.
Licensed Premises: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026, to Question 124647, on Licensing Premises: Business Rates, what special category code the HMRC Valuation Office uses for the business rates valuation of a wine bar.
Awaiting an answer from the Treasury.
Retail Trade: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 23 June 2026, to Question 9591, on Business Rates: Retail Trade, what the evidential basis is for the total business rate bills paid by the retail sector in 2026-27 compared to 2025-26.
Awaiting an answer from the Treasury.
Treasury: Mayor of Greater Manchester
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 17 June 2026, to Question 8186, on Treasury: Mayor of Greater Manchester, if she will place in the Library copies of the correspondence from the Mayor of Greater Manchester since July 2024.
Awaiting an answer from the Treasury.
Speeches in the chamber
8 Jul 2026 The Greater Cambridge Development Corporation (Establishment) Order 2026
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. I am sure that Members will be pleased to know that, because the Opposition agree with the principle underlying the statutory instrument, we will not seek to divide the Committee. …
6 Jul 2026 Civil Service Pensions
The Minister set out for the House the robust accountability measures that he has in place. I appreciate that it is difficult for him to ensure that he gets the response he wants from Capita, but can he please ensure that when constituents…
6 Jul 2026 Cadets
Cadet centres such as the TS Pelican in Ruislip in my constituency are a vital part of our armed forces community, but given that the Government have decided to cut the funding that supports our cadet groups, can the Minister tell us what …
6 Jul 2026 Cadets
12. What steps he is taking to support cadets.
6 Jul 2026 Public Office Disqualification: Terrorism Offences
The hon. Member has set out clearly, and I think boosted, the point about the complexity. She is absolutely right that we should not have a situation where someone feels that their election to office overrides their obligation to the basic…
6 Jul 2026 Public Office Disqualification: Terrorism Offences
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Allin-Khan. I add my congratulations to my hon. Friend the Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont) on the way in which he introduced this complex debate. Let me s…
1 Jul 2026 Flood Insurance: Reform of Flood Re
I commend my hon. Friend the Member for Bridgwater (Sir Ashley Fox) on his clear response to this statement. My constituents in Brook Drive, Ruislip and all across the floodplain of the River Pinn are very interested in this issue, so I wi…
30 Jun 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
24 Jun 2026 Draft Local Government (Structural and Boundary Changes) (Control of Disposals etc.) (Amendment) Order 2026
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. As the Minister set out, the order makes a relatively straightforward technical change, but I have a couple of questions arising from it that relate to the specific circumst…
22 Jun 2026 Draft Private Landlord Redress Schemes (Approval and Designation) Regulations 2026
It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mrs Barker. On this hot afternoon, the Committee will be pleased to hear that, having debated a lot of the detail underlying the Minister’s proposals in Committee for the Renters’ Rights Act…
22 Jun 2026 UK Politics: Pro-Israel Influence
I briefly declare an interest: the hon. Member for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket (Peter Prinsley) and I co-chair the all-party parliamentary group on British Jews. I applaud my hon. Friend for the robust way in which he is introducing the…
17 Jun 2026 Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026
The Minister is being very generous with accepting interventions. I understand the point he is making about global oversupply; for example, in the housing sector there is an abundance of rebar, which is essentially very cheap, low-grade st…
17 Jun 2026 Draft Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026
The Opposition are grateful to the Minister for the Government’s shift on prioritising brownfield. I seek clarification. The Minister touched on the preparation of marine plans. How do those engage the role of the Crown Estate, which ow…
15 Jun 2026 Tenant and Resident Management Organisations: Regulation
I commend the hon. Member for Dulwich and West Norwood (Helen Hayes) for raising this issue, which is part of a wider issue that many hon. Members will have heard about from constituents. Through legislation passed by the Conservative Gove…
15 Jun 2026 High Streets
The Government came to office promising to support our high streets with a permanently lower regime of business rates, but the Department’s answers to written questions indicate that the Government expect a 22% rise in the business rate ta…
15 Jun 2026 Brain Cancer
The Mount Vernon hospital in my constituency has a cancer centre, both for trials and for treatment. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that one of the key asks that we all have of Government is to improve the international join-up so that the …
10 Jun 2026 Local Government Reform
My experience, unlike that of my hon. Friend the Member for Brigg and Immingham, does not go as far back as the Redcliffe-Maud report, but what has been described over the years, as we have just heard from my right hon. Friend the Member f…
10 Jun 2026 Local Government Reform
I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I also share my congratulations with my hon. Friend the Member for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston (Neil O’Brien) on securing today’s debate. I also co…
8 Jun 2026 Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. There are many arguments of principle and technical detail regarding the merits or otherwise of the change to the voting system proposed by the Government under this draft …
20 May 2026 Draft Hampshire and the Solent Combined County Authority Regulations 2026
Let me pick on the point that my hon. Friend the Member for Broxbourne made about the evidence on performance. People might feel a certain way about such local authorities, but following reorganisation, Cheshire West and Chester council an…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Opposition posts
- Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 19 Jul 2024 – 6 Nov 2024
Committee memberships
- English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill 15 Sep 2025 – 28 Oct 2025
- Planning and Infrastructure Bill 24 Apr 2025 – 22 May 2025
- Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill 4 Dec 2024 – 12 Dec 2024
- Renters’ Rights Bill 16 Oct 2024 – 5 Nov 2024
- Finance Committee (Commons) 2 Mar 2020 – 30 May 2024
- Prison Media Bill 15 May 2024 – 22 May 2024
- Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill 8 May 2024 – 15 May 2024
- Community and Suspended Sentences (Notification of Details) Bill 8 May 2024 – 15 May 2024
- Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill 1 May 2024 – 8 May 2024
- Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill 24 Apr 2024 – 1 May 2024
- Human Rights (Joint Committee) 15 Jun 2021 – 11 Mar 2024
- Finance Bill 10 Jan 2024 – 16 Jan 2024
- Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill 3 May 2023 – 23 May 2023
- Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill 15 Mar 2023 – 23 Mar 2023
- Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill 8 Mar 2023 – 15 Mar 2023
- Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform Bill) 2 Nov 2022 – 6 Nov 2022
- Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL] 19 Jan 2022 – 27 Jan 2022
- Education Committee 2 Mar 2020 – 19 Oct 2021
- Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill 7 Sep 2021 – 22 Sep 2021
Previous seats
- Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner · Elected 1 time 12 Dec 2019 – 30 May 2024
Expenses
Contact & offices
0207 219 6578
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
10 Village Way, Pinner, HA5 5AF
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about David Simmonds, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is David Simmonds?
David Simmonds is a Member of Parliament representing Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner in the House of Commons. See David Simmonds's official Parliament profile.
Which party does David Simmonds represent?
David Simmonds sits as Conservative. See David Simmonds's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does David Simmonds represent?
David Simmonds is the Member of Parliament for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner. See David Simmonds's official Parliament profile.
How long has David Simmonds been an MP?
David Simmonds has served in the House of Commons for 6 years, 7 months. See David Simmonds's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for David Simmonds?
David Simmonds has 7 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See David Simmonds's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.