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Dr Allison Gardner vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Dr Allison Gardner and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 354 shared comparable votes.

342 same votes 12 different votes 354 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
36 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
36 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
36 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 120 of 650
Participation
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 496 of 650
531
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
749
1,133 eligible divisions
259
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
405
54.1% of votes cast
272
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
344
45.9% of votes cast
13
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

105
+8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 650
Appearances
114
+17.0 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650
154
-15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 650
Contributions
253
+83.8 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£200,981
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£200,981
11% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Housing
32 of 33 votes
#4
Housing
35 of 45 votes
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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