Ruislip, Northwood & Pinner / data
David Simmonds · Conservative and Unionist Party · sitting since 12 Dec 2019 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
2325days
from 12 Dec 2019
Divisions
397
of 504 possible
Attendance
79%
107 absent / paired
Whip alignment
100%
vs party majority
Speeches
350
94 debates
Written Qs
722
711 answered
Committees
0
memberships
Expenses
£253k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 59 claims
Interests
6
2 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 92 | |
| Economy | 82 | |
| Employment | 49 | |
| Crime & Policing | 36 | |
| Education | 35 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 25 | |
| Pensions | 21 | |
| Housing | 21 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Local Government | 66 | 67,954 |
| Economy Jobs | 30 | 35,431 |
| Housing | 34 | 34,779 |
| Environment | 14 | 15,667 |
| Fiscal Policy | 14 | 14,079 |
| Social Care | 12 | 12,851 |
| Transport | 6 | 9,015 |
| Culture Community | 7 | 5,943 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
| Date | Division | Whip | MP voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Mar 2025 | Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third ReadingMPs voted to pass the Tobacco and Vapes Bill at its final stage in the Commons. The Bill aims to create a 'smokefree generation' by graduall… | Free vote | Aye |
| 26 Nov 2024 | Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second ReadingMPs voted on whether to give the Tobacco and Vapes Bill its Second Reading, advancing legislation that would create a 'smoke-free generation… | Free vote | Aye |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Apr 2026 | Peter Mandelson: Government AppointmentI first crossed paths with the Prime Minister when he and I were both working to improve the way our country deals with cases of child sexual exploitation. One of the principles th… Mp PerformanceDefenceEconomy Jobs | 454 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | UK-Mauritius Treaty9. If she will suspend the process to ratify the UK-Mauritius treaty. DefenceImmigrationLocal Government | 12 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | UK-Mauritius TreatyThe Chagos islands are even further from my constituency than they are from Mauritius, which is saying something, but this is having a significant local impact. Hillingdon council … DefenceImmigrationLocal Government | 101 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Antisemitic AttacksMy constituency is home to many Jewish communities, as well as a significant number of Iranian refugees. This morning I met David Summers, a volunteer who co-ordinates security at … CrimeDefenceCulture Community | 149 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Representation of the People Bill (Eighth sitting)I am sympathetic to the point that the hon. Member is trying to make. I have listened carefully to what she said about new clauses 2 and 3. With respect to new clause 3, it would b… Mp PerformanceCrimeLocal Government | 252 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Representation of the People Bill (Ninth sitting)For the benefit of the Committee, will the hon. Lady briefly set out who—it could be a body or an individual—would be the appropriate judge of factual accuracy? I am sure all polit… Local GovernmentTechnologyFiscal Policy | 103 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Representation of the People Bill (Ninth sitting)One of the issues that this proposal creates is that if we are seeking to assess the accessibility of politics for candidates from a range of backgrounds, we need to know not only … Local GovernmentTechnologyFiscal Policy | 132 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Representation of the People Bill (Ninth sitting)To bring my hon. Friend back to where he started, what is so striking about what he is saying is that the moment when the voter goes to the polling station is the key interaction t… Local GovernmentTechnologyFiscal Policy | 156 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Representation of the People Bill (Ninth sitting)My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. A consistent theme that has emerged from his points, and from the evidence and debate in this Committee is that we can have all the ru… Local GovernmentTechnologyFiscal Policy | 143 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Representation of the People Bill (Ninth sitting)Does my hon. Friend note, as I do, that the international gold standard for the conduct of elections is set by the Venice Commission: a group of academics and people with political… Local GovernmentTechnologyFiscal Policy | 169 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Representation of the People Bill (Ninth sitting)I am keen to avoid being accused of being repetitious in any circumstances. Does my hon. Friend agree that the key strength he is advocating for is the integrity of the ballot as t… Local GovernmentTechnologyFiscal Policy | 79 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Representation of the People Bill (Ninth sitting)On a point of order, Sir Desmond, may I seek your guidance? I know that the hon. Member for North Herefordshire said earlier that, for reasons of time, she did not wish to go into … Local GovernmentTechnologyFiscal Policy | 120 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Representation of the People Bill (Ninth sitting)I appreciate that the main focus of these amendments has been around disability. However, I was proud of the work that my party did in Government to try to improve the diversity of… Local GovernmentTechnologyFiscal Policy | 109 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Representation of the People Bill (Ninth sitting)My hon. Friend has spoken eloquently about the Green party’s shocking behaviour in the Gorton and Denton by-election, but does he recall the evidence that we heard on our first day… Local GovernmentTechnologyFiscal Policy | 103 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Representation of the People Bill (Ninth sitting)This is one of the most important parts of the debate we will have on this Bill. Most of us, as politicians, will have experienced a voter telling us on the doorstep that they woul… Local GovernmentTechnologyFiscal Policy | 195 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 346 | 47.9% |
| Home Office | 160 | 22.2% |
| Treasury | 91 | 12.6% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 19 | 2.6% |
| Department for Transport | 17 | 2.4% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 17 | 2.4% |
| Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission | 12 | 1.7% |
| Cabinet Office | 11 | 1.5% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Apr 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure asylum seekers are securely dispersed from short-term holding facilities when those facilities reach capacity. | Pending |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has issued governance guidance to local authorities on whether a sitting Chairman or civic Mayor can preside over, and participate in, a Ful… | Pending |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of Commonwealth citizens resident in the United Kingdom with an immigration status allowing them to be a qualif… | Pending |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding was provided by her Department to the London Borough of Hillingdon for asylum support in 2024-25. | Pending |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department engages with Greenpeace. | Pending |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the police on stationing police officers near polling stations in areas with previous instances of disorder, intimidation and undue influence. | Answered |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 25 March 2026 to Question 119316 on Strategic Migration Partnerships: Finance, what the (a) grant programme codes, (b) grant programme titles and (c) award dat… | Answered |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish the most recent version of the Valuation Office Agency's Property Details Guide. | Answered |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2026 to Question 119316 Strategic Migration Partnerships: Finance, what the nature of the sensitivity is. | Answered |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether residential properties subject to the annual tax on enveloped dwellings are required to pay the high value council tax surcharge. | Answered |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the successful appeal rate against valuations for the new council tax surcharge. | Answered |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the answer of 19 March 2026 to Question HL15251 on Business Rates, whether devolved Administrations will receive Barnett consequential funding for pub and live music relief; and whet… | Answered |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) budget and (b) forecast cost is of the Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs. | Answered |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of gross business rate receipts in (a) England and (b) the United Kingdom in (i) 2024-25, (ii) 2025-26 and (iii) 2026-27 following changes to pub and live music relief. | Answered |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which taxes (a) local authorities and (b) combined authority mayors will retain local revenues for. | Answered |
E · Committees
No committee memberships recorded for this MP.
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 45 | 13,673 | 5.4% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 794 | 0.3% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 237 | 0.1% |
| Staffing | 0 | 238,409 | 94.2% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pooled staffing services | Office Costs | 2 | 5,263 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 3 | 1,152 |
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 4 | 516 |
| Hospitality | Office Costs | 30 | 469 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 3 | 371 |
| Bought-in services | Office Costs | 2 | 140 |
| Parking | Office Costs | 1 | 2 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Hospitality | Refreshments at constituency visits, Northwood | 12 | Paid |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Hospitality | Refreshments at surgery, Harefield | 6 | Paid |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | VEED PRO [200011725-5318] | 216 | Paid |
| 10 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Hospitality | Refreshments at surgery | 15 | Paid |
| 04 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Hospitality | Lunch in parliament for Jonathan Werran, Localis local policy think-tank | 43 | Paid |
| 03 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Hospitality | Refreshments at surgery | 7 | Paid |
| 14 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Hospitality | Refreshments at surgery | 10 | Paid |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Hospitality | Dinner at parliament for Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 46 | Paid |
| 07 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Hospitality | Refreshments at surgery | 17 | Paid |
| 04 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 182 | Paid |
| 04 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 170 | Paid |
| 20 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Hospitality | Refreshment at constituency surgery | 21 | Paid |
| 15 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | ELECTED TECHNOLOGIES [200011726-76] | 720 | Paid |
| 13 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Hospitality | Refreshments at constituency surgery | 12 | Paid |
| 10 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Hospitality | Refreshments at councillor meeting, Pinner | 16 | Paid |
| 08 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Bought-in services | Comms & Media | 140 | Paid |
| 06 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Hospitality | Coffee for surgeries | 17 | Paid |
| 17 Dec 2024 | Office Costs Advertising and contact cards | Annual parliamentary Christmas card for surgery hosts, residents´ associations &c.. | 180 | Paid |
| 02 Dec 2024 | Office Costs Hospitality | Refreshments at surgery | 5 | Paid |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Office Costs Hospitality | Small gifts from House of Commons shop for Christmas card competition winners | 30 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)3 entries
14 Apr 2026
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 one day per week, (estimated), value £9,945
Date received: 1 April 2026 to 31 December 2026
Date accepted: 1 April 2026
Donor status: company, registration 12373468
(Registered 2 April 2026)
06 Jan 2026
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 one day per week (value is estimated), value £3,250
Date received: 1 January 2026 to 31 March 2026
Date accepted: 1 January 2026
Donor status: company, registration 12373468
(Registered 5 January 2026)
06 Jan 2026
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 1 day per week, (estimated), value £9,750
Date received: 1 April 2025 to 31 December 2025
Date accepted: 1 April 2025
Donor status: company, registration 12373468
(Registered 5 January 2026)
8. Miscellaneous3 entries
01 Jul 2025
Name of donor: London Councils
Parliamentary Vice-President of London Councils. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 10 June 2025
(Registered 24 June 2025)
29 Apr 2025
Name of donor: Localis, 1-45 Durham Street, London SE11 5JH
Unpaid board member, Localis
Date interest arose: 22 June 2019
(Registered 22 April 2025)
18 Apr 2024
An unpaid Vice-President of the Local Government Association (LGA).
Date interest arose: 19 October 2020
(Registered 21 October 2020)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 8 wards, 19 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastcote | Becky Haggar | Conservative and Unionist Party | 3,272 | 05 May 2022 |
| Eastcote | Ian Edwards | Conservative and Unionist Party | 3,227 | 05 May 2022 |
| Eastcote | Nick Denys | Conservative and Unionist Party | 3,369 | 05 May 2022 |
| Harefield Village | Jane Palmer | Conservative and Unionist Party | 929 | 05 May 2022 |
| Hatch End | Matthew John Adam Goodwin-Freeman | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,452 | 05 May 2022 |
| Hatch End | Susan Hall | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,629 | 05 May 2022 |
| Northwood | Henry Higgins | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,823 | 05 May 2022 |
| Northwood | Richard Lewis | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,783 | 05 May 2022 |
| Northwood Hills | Jonathan Bianco | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,686 | 05 May 2022 |
| Northwood Hills | Kishan Hitesh Bhatt | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,627 | 05 May 2022 |
| Pinner | Kanagasabaapathy Kuha Kumaran | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,012 | 05 May 2022 |
| Pinner | Norman Stevenson | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,044 | 05 May 2022 |
| Pinner | Paul Osborn | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,945 | 05 May 2022 |
| Pinner South | Hitesh Kantilal Karia | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,305 | 05 May 2022 |
| Pinner South | Jean Lammiman | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,097 | 05 May 2022 |
| Pinner South | June Rosemary Baxter | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,418 | 05 May 2022 |
| Ruislip | John Riley | Conservative and Unionist Party | 3,115 | 05 May 2022 |
| Ruislip | Peter William Smallwood | Conservative and Unionist Party | 3,103 | 05 May 2022 |
| Ruislip | Philip Corthorne | Conservative and Unionist Party | 3,242 | 05 May 2022 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 109,464 | Electorate 71,683 (2024) |
| Median age | 42 | years |
| Degree-educated | 47.9% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 55.8% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 69.4% | households |
| Private-rented | 18.9% | households |
| Social-rented | 11.7% | households |
| Employment rate | 59.1% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.