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Bridget Phillipson vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 387 shared comparable votes.

381 same votes 6 different votes 387 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
38 Aye 13 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
38 Aye 13 No
31 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
31 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 27 No
Migration 100% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 13 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
38 Aye 13 No
31 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
31 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 27 No
Migration 100% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

55.8%
16% below average
Rank 600 of 650
Participation
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 496 of 650
1,352
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
749
1,133 eligible divisions
811
60.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
405
54.1% of votes cast
541
40.0% of votes cast
No votes
344
45.9% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

79
-17.1 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
Appearances
111
+14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 650
470
+302.8 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 650
Contributions
248
+80.8 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,958,445
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
13
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Trade
66 of 94 votes
#4
Housing
35 of 45 votes
Environment / Climate
33 of 49 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API