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Chris Elmore vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Chris Elmore and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 609 shared comparable votes.

608 same votes 1 different votes 609 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
45 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
45 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 35 No
Migration 100% aligned 58 shared votes
23 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 6 No
Housing 100% aligned 34 shared votes
28 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
45 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 35 No
Migration 100% aligned 58 shared votes
23 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 6 No
Housing 100% aligned 34 shared votes
28 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

77.9%
5% above average
Rank 247 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,812
2,325 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
995
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
817
45.1% 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
10 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2016
Commons service
4 years, 2 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

40
-41.7 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 649
Appearances
86
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 649
233
+90.8 vs Commons average
Rank 97 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

£2,290,713
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£343,439
52% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
3
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

Housing
58 of 62 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Migration
151 of 165 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 55 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API