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Alistair Strathern vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 444 shared comparable votes.

444 same votes 0 different votes 444 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
44 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
44 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 37 shared votes
9 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
44 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 37 shared votes
9 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
602
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
308
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
294
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
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
4 years, 2 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649
Appearances
86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
73
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 427 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

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
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

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Energy
24 of 25 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
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API