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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 612 shared comparable votes.

597 same votes 15 different votes 612 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 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
45 Aye 24 No
33 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 33 No
Migration 100% aligned 51 shared votes
18 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
45 Aye 24 No
33 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 33 No
Migration 100% aligned 51 shared votes
18 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

76.1%
4% above average
Rank 284 of 650
Participation
66.0%
6% below average
Rank 502 of 650
1,839
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
744
1,128 eligible divisions
1,017
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
402
54.0% of votes cast
822
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
342
46.0% of votes cast
18
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

122
+27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
105
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650
172
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 650
Contributions
238
+73.4 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
16
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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
80 of 82 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API