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Ed Davey vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Ed Davey and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 61% of the time, based on 371 shared comparable votes.

226 same votes 145 different votes 371 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
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
16 Aye 2 No
Energy 94% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 30 No
Migration 94% aligned 48 shared votes
17 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 3 No
Transport 23% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 7 No
Education 24% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 0 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
25 Aye 12 No
Tax 35% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

60.4 %
12 % below average
Rank 572 of 649
Participation
65.1 %
8 % below average
Rank 515 of 649
1,271
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
698
1,072 eligible divisions
713
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
383
54.9 % of votes cast
558
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
315
45.1 % of votes cast
6
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
4 years, 0 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

59
-19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 649
Appearances
85
+6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 649
97
-41.6 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 649
Contributions
215
+76.4 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£294,578
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42 % above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
11
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
170 of 188 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Migration
113 of 163 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 43 votes
Crime / Justice
122 of 194 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API