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Blake Stephenson vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Blake Stephenson and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 253 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 249 different votes 253 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 11 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
7 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
7 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

72.0 %
1 % below average
Rank 382 of 650
Participation
65.0 %
8 % below average
Rank 518 of 650
407
565 eligible divisions
Total votes
690
1,062 eligible divisions
185
45.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
379
54.9 % of votes cast
222
54.5 % of votes cast
No votes
311
45.1 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 0 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

72
-0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 650
Appearances
74
+1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 650
97
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 650
Contributions
181
+52.3 vs Commons average
Rank 127 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£203,629
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£203,629
10 % below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42 % above average
6
4 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 43 votes
Tax
91 of 111 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API