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Jess Phillips vs Simon Lightwood

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

Photograph of Jess Phillips
Jess Phillips
Lab Birmingham Yardley
vs
Photograph of Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell

Voting alignment

Jess Phillips and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 484 shared comparable votes.

483 same votes 1 different votes 484 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 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 61 shared votes
35 Aye 26 No
36 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
36 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 30 No
Migration 100% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 61 shared votes
35 Aye 26 No
36 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
36 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 30 No
Migration 100% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

69.2 %
4 % below average
Rank 451 of 650
Participation
65.1 %
8 % below average
Rank 520 of 650
1,617
2,337 eligible divisions
Total votes
682
1,048 eligible divisions
929
57.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
373
54.7 % of votes cast
688
42.5 % of votes cast
No votes
309
45.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 0 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

52
-15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 650
Appearances
84
+16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 650
249
+129.1 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 650
Contributions
264
+144.1 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,246,747
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£267,662
18 % above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42 % above average
10
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
178 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Migration
141 of 169 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
#3
Transport
25 of 30 votes
Trade
71 of 88 votes
#4
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Defence
54 of 68 votes
#5
Housing
34 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
draft Agricultural Holdings (Fee) Regulations 2022 7 Dec 2022
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API