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Alex Ballinger vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Alex Ballinger and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 304 shared comparable votes.

304 same votes 0 different votes 304 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
29 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

75.3%
3% above average
Rank 305 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
444
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
212
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
232
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

73
-10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
111
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
Contributions
215
+69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£211,093
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£211,093
7% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API