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John Slinger vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

John Slinger and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 354 shared comparable votes.

354 same votes 0 different votes 354 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
16 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
17 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
35 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
17 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

88.0%
15% above average
Rank 45 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
519
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
266
51.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
253
48.7% 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

181
+97.3 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Appearances
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
210
+64.1 vs Commons average
Rank 127 of 649
Contributions
215
+69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£168,663
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£168,663
25% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
2
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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 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
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API