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Christian Wakeford vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 582 shared comparable votes.

581 same votes 1 different votes 582 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
49 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
49 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 29 No
Migration 100% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
49 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 29 No
Migration 100% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 80 of 649
Participation
65.1 %
8 % below average
Rank 515 of 649
1,414
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
698
1,072 eligible divisions
680
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
383
54.9 % of votes cast
734
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
315
45.1 % of votes cast
9
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

1
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 638 of 650
Appearances
92
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
1
-137.3 vs Commons average
Rank 634 of 650
Contributions
244
+105.7 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
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

Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 43 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API