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Afzal Khan vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Afzal Khan and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 620 shared comparable votes.

613 same votes 7 different votes 620 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
46 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
46 Aye 30 No
34 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 62 shared votes
34 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 33 No
Migration 100% aligned 54 shared votes
21 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
46 Aye 30 No
34 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 62 shared votes
34 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 33 No
Migration 100% aligned 54 shared votes
21 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

78.6%
6% above average
Rank 229 of 650
Participation
65.7%
7% below average
Rank 506 of 650
1,689
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
733
1,116 eligible divisions
935
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
394
53.8% of votes cast
754
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
339
46.2% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

44
-44.8 vs Commons average
Rank 506 of 650
Appearances
94
+5.2 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 650
48
-106.6 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 650
Contributions
223
+68.4 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,767,463
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£247,867
10% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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

Housing
52 of 55 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 52 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Digital / Online Safety
44 of 49 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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