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Bill Esterson vs Simon Lightwood
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Bill Esterson and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 510 shared comparable votes.
509 same votes
1 different votes
510 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
71.0%
2% below average
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
943
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
744
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 2 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Debates
55
-27.2 vs Commons average
Appearances
86
+3.8 vs Commons average
78
-65.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
215
+71.7 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
5
3 registered categories
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API