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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 562 shared comparable votes.

561 same votes 1 different votes 562 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
20 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 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
20 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

85.9 %
13 % above average
Rank 82 of 647
Participation
64.9 %
8 % below average
Rank 520 of 647
1,387
1,615 eligible divisions
Total votes
678
1,044 eligible divisions
666
48.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
373
55.0 % of votes cast
721
52.0 % of votes cast
No votes
305
45.0 % of votes cast
9
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
4 years, 0 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

1
-65.2 vs Commons average
Rank 635 of 650
Appearances
84
+17.8 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 650
1
-116.8 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
Contributions
264
+146.2 vs Commons average
Rank 55 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
62 of 63 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 65 votes
#3
Transport
25 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#4
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes
#5
Housing
34 of 43 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API