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Andy Slaughter vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Andy Slaughter and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 656 shared comparable votes.

654 same votes 2 different votes 656 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
55 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
55 Aye 28 No
34 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 61 shared votes
34 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
55 Aye 28 No
34 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 61 shared votes
34 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

81.8%
9% above average
Rank 161 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,944
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
1,077
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
867
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
4 years, 2 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

85
+3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
Appearances
86
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 649
119
-23.2 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 649
Contributions
215
+72.8 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,905,788
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£285,386
26% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Housing
65 of 67 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Defence
68 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
NHS / Health
53 of 56 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API