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Dr Ellie Chowns vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ellie Chowns and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 67% of the time, based on 321 shared comparable votes.

214 same votes 107 different votes 321 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
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
17 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 4 No
Energy 90% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
30 Aye 19 No
Tax 82% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 7% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 7 No
Migration 44% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 46% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 50% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
472
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
264
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
208
44.1% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

225
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
Appearances
86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
336
+192.5 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 649
Contributions
215
+71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£176,497
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£176,497
22% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
4
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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

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