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David Simmonds vs Simon Lightwood

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

Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
vs
Photograph of Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell

Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 527 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 502 different votes 527 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
9 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 27% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 10 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
29 Aye 25 No
Migration 9% aligned 54 shared votes
20 Aye 34 No
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

108
+24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 93 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

£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
7
3 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

Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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