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Alison McGovern vs Simon Lightwood

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

Photograph of Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead
vs
Photograph of Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell

Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 545 shared comparable votes.

544 same votes 1 different votes 545 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
40 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
40 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 35 No
Migration 100% aligned 58 shared votes
23 Aye 35 No
23 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
40 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 35 No
Migration 100% aligned 58 shared votes
23 Aye 35 No
23 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

70.2%
2% below average
Rank 421 of 650
Participation
65.6%
7% below average
Rank 508 of 650
1,689
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
733
1,117 eligible divisions
933
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
394
53.8% of votes cast
756
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
339
46.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

77
-16.0 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 650
Appearances
97
+4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
570
+408.0 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 650
Contributions
230
+68.0 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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

Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Brexit / EU
174 of 212 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
41 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
draft Agricultural Holdings (Fee) Regulations 2022 7 Dec 2022
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API