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Alex Burghart vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Alex Burghart and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 564 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 547 different votes 564 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
7 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
28 Aye 24 No
Migration 8% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No
14 Aye 6 No
Transport 5% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 51 No
Tax 3% aligned 74 shared votes
49 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 32 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 32 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 26 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
26 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
4 Aye 22 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
870
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
935
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

80
-2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 649
Appearances
86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
132
-11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 649
Contributions
215
+71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£203,620
10% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Trade
83 of 87 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API