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Ed Miliband vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 328 shared comparable votes.

327 same votes 1 different votes 328 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
14 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 13 No
Tax 100% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 13 No
Tax 100% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

55.0%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

58
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
662
+516.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 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

£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Trade
60 of 91 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API