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James Wild vs Simon Lightwood

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

Photograph of James Wild
James Wild
Con North West Norfolk
vs
Photograph of Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell

Voting alignment

James Wild and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 562 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 528 different votes 562 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 12 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
28 Aye 24 No
Migration 8% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 4 No
Transport 7% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

85.9%
13% above average
Rank 78 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,425
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
709
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
716
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
13
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

130
+47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 649
Appearances
86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
240
+96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 649
Contributions
215
+71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£985,585
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£228,734
1% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Trade
51 of 53 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Defence
66 of 70 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
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