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Emma Hardy vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Emma Hardy and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 567 shared comparable votes.

557 same votes 10 different votes 567 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
45 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
45 Aye 24 No
33 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
33 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 29 No
Migration 100% aligned 49 shared votes
20 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
45 Aye 24 No
33 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
33 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 29 No
Migration 100% aligned 49 shared votes
20 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

70.2%
2% below average
Rank 421 of 650
Participation
66.0%
6% below average
Rank 502 of 650
1,518
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
744
1,128 eligible divisions
818
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
402
54.0% of votes cast
700
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
342
46.0% of votes cast
10
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

86
-8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650
Appearances
105
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650
436
+271.4 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 650
Contributions
238
+73.4 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,996,509
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£312,134
38% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
6
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

Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
161 of 189 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 47 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API