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Claire Young vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Claire Young and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 25% of the time, based on 282 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 211 different votes 282 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
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 0 No
Energy 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 50% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 13 No
Education 7% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 27 No
Tax 7% aligned 44 shared votes
30 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

73.2%
1% above average
Rank 355 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
432
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
231
53.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
201
46.5% 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
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

143
+59.4 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
168
+22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650
Contributions
215
+69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£203,164
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£203,164
10% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
4
2 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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API