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Alicia Kearns vs Simon Lightwood

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

Photograph of Alicia Kearns
Alicia Kearns
Con Rutland and Stamford
vs
Photograph of Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell

Voting alignment

Alicia Kearns and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 406 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 373 different votes 406 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
9 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 11% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 3 No
Transport 7% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 43 No
Tax 3% aligned 63 shared votes
41 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
25 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 13 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

69.9%
3% below average
Rank 433 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,159
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
575
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
584
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
27
2.3% 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

125
+42.8 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
Appearances
86
+3.8 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
180
+36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 155 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

£1,417,308
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£320,176
42% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
13
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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 47 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 44 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Crime / Justice
143 of 174 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Housing
44 of 54 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
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