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Chris Law vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Chris Law and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 288 shared comparable votes.

224 same votes 64 different votes 288 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
15 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 3 No
Trade 100% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
0 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 4 No
Energy 44% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 6 No
Benefits 47% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
31 Aye 22 No
Tax 51% aligned 53 shared votes
41 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 2 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

51.1%
21% below average
Rank 620 of 650
Participation
66.0%
6% below average
Rank 502 of 650
1,234
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
744
1,128 eligible divisions
681
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
402
54.0% of votes cast
553
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
342
46.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

62
-32.2 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 650
Appearances
105
+10.8 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 650
66
-98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 650
Contributions
238
+73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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
196 of 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 82 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Trade
64 of 94 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API