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Dame Meg Hillier vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 588 shared comparable votes.

573 same votes 15 different votes 588 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
55 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
55 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 30 No
Migration 100% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
55 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 30 No
Migration 100% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

73.5%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 650
Participation
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 496 of 650
1,779
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
749
1,133 eligible divisions
997
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
405
54.1% of votes cast
782
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
344
45.9% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

156
+60.4 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 650
Appearances
114
+18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650
281
+114.6 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650
Contributions
253
+86.6 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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
190 of 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Housing
35 of 45 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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