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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
Photograph of Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell

Voting alignment

Alex Davies-Jones and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 495 shared comparable votes.

495 same votes 0 different votes 495 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
13 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 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
13 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 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

72.1 %
1 % below average
Rank 385 of 647
Participation
65.0 %
8 % below average
Rank 519 of 647
1,152
1,597 eligible divisions
Total votes
667
1,026 eligible divisions
597
51.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
370
55.5 % of votes cast
555
48.2 % of votes cast
No votes
297
44.5 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
3 years, 11 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

56
-6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 647
Appearances
60
-2.0 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 647
302
+190.7 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 647
Contributions
209
+97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 647

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
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Migration
136 of 152 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 37 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Defence
51 of 58 votes
#3
Transport
21 of 26 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 47 votes
#4
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
43 of 50 votes
#5
Housing
34 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Aye
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API