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Caroline Voaden vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Caroline Voaden and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 220 different votes 280 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 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 0 No
Energy 80% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 13 No
Housing 29% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 17 shared votes
15 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

69.6%
3% below average
Rank 440 of 650
Participation
65.6%
7% below average
Rank 510 of 650
414
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
716
1,092 eligible divisions
210
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
389
54.3% of votes cast
204
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
327
45.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

188
+103.3 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 650
Appearances
86
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 650
232
+84.3 vs Commons average
Rank 105 of 650
Contributions
215
+67.3 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£193,283
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£193,283
15% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
2
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

#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
28 of 30 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 5 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API