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Edward Argar vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 609 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 585 different votes 609 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 13 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 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
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
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

89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

83
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
129
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 243 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

£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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
209 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 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
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API