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Danny Beales vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Danny Beales and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 352 shared comparable votes.

352 same votes 0 different votes 352 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
37 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
37 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
17 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
37 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
17 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

89.7%
17% above average
Rank 23 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
529
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
279
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
250
47.3% 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

119
+35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 649
Appearances
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
152
+6.1 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 649
Contributions
215
+69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£181,232
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£181,232
20% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
0
0 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

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