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Helen Grant vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Helen Grant and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 466 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 446 different votes 466 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 2 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 11 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 4 No
Transport 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 21 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 13 No
Energy 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

73.7%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,751
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
826
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
925
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

17
-66.6 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
29
-116.7 vs Commons average
Rank 581 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

£2,650,269
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£276,159
22% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
9
6 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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Digital / Online Safety
54 of 60 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Defence
59 of 71 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API