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Jade Botterill vs Simon Lightwood

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

Photograph of Jade Botterill
Jade Botterill
Lab Ossett and Denby Dale
vs
Photograph of Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell

Voting alignment

Jade Botterill and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 275 shared comparable votes.

275 same votes 0 different votes 275 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
35 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
35 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
35 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

81.4%
9% above average
Rank 176 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
480
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
248
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
232
48.3% 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

3
-80.6 vs Commons average
Rank 635 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
3
-142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 632 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

£222,024
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£222,024
2% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
0
0 registered categories
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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