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Anneliese Dodds vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Anneliese Dodds and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 619 shared comparable votes.

609 same votes 10 different votes 619 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 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
55 Aye 27 No
37 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 66 shared votes
37 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 29 No
Migration 100% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
55 Aye 27 No
37 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 66 shared votes
37 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 29 No
Migration 100% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

78.1%
6% above average
Rank 243 of 650
Participation
66.0%
6% below average
Rank 502 of 650
1,688
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
744
1,128 eligible divisions
937
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
402
54.0% of votes cast
751
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
342
46.0% of votes cast
11
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

106
+11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 650
Appearances
105
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650
121
-43.6 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 650
Contributions
238
+73.4 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,671,061
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£261,480
16% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Education
72 of 76 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 198 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 189 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 47 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API