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Dame Nia Griffith vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Dame Nia Griffith and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 622 shared comparable votes.

608 same votes 14 different votes 622 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
63 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
63 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 54 shared votes
20 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
63 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
63 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 54 shared votes
20 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

78.0%
6% above average
Rank 244 of 650
Participation
66.0%
6% below average
Rank 502 of 650
1,885
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
744
1,128 eligible divisions
1,040
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
402
54.0% of votes cast
845
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
342
46.0% of votes cast
16
0.8% 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

68
-26.5 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
Appearances
105
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650
77
-87.6 vs Commons average
Rank 457 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

£2,805,379
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£279,114
23% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
5
4 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

Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
74 of 80 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Migration
148 of 171 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