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Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 303 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 282 different votes 303 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
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 10 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
36 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
36 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

78.1%
6% above average
Rank 239 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
461
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
206
44.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
255
55.3% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
17
3.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 2 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

111
+29.2 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 649
Appearances
86
+4.2 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
139
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
Contributions
215
+72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£202,248
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£202,248
11% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
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
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Housing
28 of 32 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