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Jesse Norman vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Jesse Norman and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 428 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 409 different votes 428 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
3 Aye 11 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 6 No
Transport 5% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
791
46.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
922
53.8% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

52
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
101
-44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 335 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

£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£134,182
41% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
8
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

Trade
87 of 91 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API