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Dr Neil Hudson vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Dr Neil Hudson and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 593 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 570 different votes 593 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
8 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 13 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 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
8 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 22 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

84.7%
12% above average
Rank 101 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,405
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
698
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
707
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
14
1.0% 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

82
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
96
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 650
Contributions
215
+69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,070,160
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£223,469
1% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
3
2 registered categories
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

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
Crime / Justice
163 of 174 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Trade
49 of 53 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

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