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Ian Roome vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Ian Roome and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 25% of the time, based on 225 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 168 different votes 225 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
6 Aye 0 No
Energy 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 5 No
Housing 58% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 13 No
Education 7% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 4 No
Defence 8% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 3 No
Transport 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

54.2%
18% below average
Rank 610 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
320
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
178
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
142
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

91
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
117
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 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

£156,328
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£156,328
31% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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

Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Trade
5 of 7 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Education
35 of 50 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API