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Jeff Smith vs Simon Lightwood

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

Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington
vs
Photograph of Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 641 shared comparable votes.

641 same votes 0 different votes 641 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
56 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
56 Aye 31 No
34 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 59 shared votes
34 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 30 No
Migration 100% aligned 46 shared votes
16 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
56 Aye 31 No
34 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 59 shared votes
34 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 30 No
Migration 100% aligned 46 shared votes
16 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 203 of 650
Participation
65.6%
7% below average
Rank 508 of 650
1,915
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
733
1,117 eligible divisions
1,040
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
394
53.8% of votes cast
875
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
339
46.2% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

55
-38.0 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
Appearances
97
+4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
71
-91.0 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 650
Contributions
230
+68.0 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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
62 of 67 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
41 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API