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Alex Davies-Jones vs Simon Lightwood

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

Photograph of Alex Davies-Jones
Alex Davies-Jones
Lab Pontypridd
vs
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Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell

Voting alignment

Alex Davies-Jones and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 516 shared comparable votes.

516 same votes 0 different votes 516 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
48 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
48 Aye 19 No
33 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 51 shared votes
19 Aye 32 No
14 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
48 Aye 19 No
33 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 51 shared votes
19 Aye 32 No
14 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

71.4%
1% below average
Rank 395 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,184
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
606
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
578
48.8% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
4 years, 2 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

68
-14.2 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 649
Appearances
86
+3.8 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
286
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 649
Contributions
215
+71.7 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,333,464
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£314,112
39% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
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

Democracy / Parliament
37 of 41 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Migration
136 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 47 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
43 of 50 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
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