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Charlotte Nichols vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Charlotte Nichols and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 615 shared comparable votes.

614 same votes 1 different votes 615 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
56 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
56 Aye 31 No
22 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
31 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
56 Aye 31 No
22 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
31 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

77.2%
5% above average
Rank 262 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,280
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
655
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
625
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
4 years, 2 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

15
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 649
Appearances
86
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 649
17
-125.2 vs Commons average
Rank 612 of 649
Contributions
215
+72.8 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,254,140
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£305,109
35% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
2
1 registered category
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

Education
64 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Housing
50 of 54 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Energy
43 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API