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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.

Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin
vs
Photograph of Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 409 shared comparable votes.

409 same votes 0 different votes 409 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
16 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
16 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
16 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
16 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

79.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 224 of 647
Participation
65.1 %
8 % below average
Rank 519 of 647
559
706 eligible divisions
Total votes
673
1,034 eligible divisions
290
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
372
55.3 % of votes cast
269
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
301
44.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 7 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
3 years, 11 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

52
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 647
Appearances
74
+10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 647
61
-52.6 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 647
Contributions
244
+130.4 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 647

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
1
1 registered category
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

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 8 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Transport
25 of 30 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Energy
21 of 22 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
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
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
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API