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Catherine McKinnell vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Catherine McKinnell and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 538 shared comparable votes.

524 same votes 14 different votes 538 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
50 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
50 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 31 No
Migration 100% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
50 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 31 No
Migration 100% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

68.7%
4% below average
Rank 444 of 650
Participation
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 496 of 650
1,664
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
749
1,133 eligible divisions
911
54.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
405
54.1% of votes cast
753
45.3% of votes cast
No votes
344
45.9% of votes cast
17
1.0% 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

49
-47.9 vs Commons average
Rank 502 of 650
Appearances
114
+17.1 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
198
+29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 650
Contributions
253
+84.1 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,918,801
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£312,180
38% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
8
4 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

Foreign Affairs
68 of 82 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
66 of 80 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
Brexit / EU
174 of 212 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Housing
54 of 68 votes
#4
Housing
35 of 45 votes
Trade
73 of 94 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API