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Dan Carden vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Dan Carden and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 523 shared comparable votes.

513 same votes 10 different votes 523 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
62 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
62 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
62 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
62 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

69.1%
3% below average
Rank 439 of 650
Participation
66.0%
6% below average
Rank 502 of 650
1,495
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
744
1,128 eligible divisions
825
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
402
54.0% of votes cast
670
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
342
46.0% of votes cast
10
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

31
-63.5 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 650
Appearances
105
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650
42
-122.6 vs Commons average
Rank 564 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

£1,875,223
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£298,675
32% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
16
5 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
74 of 82 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
162 of 189 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 49 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Trade
73 of 90 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API