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Dr Luke Evans vs Simon Lightwood

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

Photograph of Dr Luke Evans
Dr Luke Evans
Con Hinckley and Bosworth
vs
Photograph of Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell

Voting alignment

Dr Luke Evans and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 598 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 561 different votes 598 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
4 Aye 11 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
29 Aye 24 No
Migration 8% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 26 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
26 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 27 shared votes
23 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

85.5%
13% above average
Rank 83 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,418
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
690
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
728
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
15
1.1% 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

166
+83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 649
Appearances
86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
352
+208.5 vs Commons average
Rank 45 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

£1,271,955
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£289,674
28% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
5
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Migration
147 of 154 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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