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Josh Babarinde vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Josh Babarinde and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 293 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 231 different votes 293 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
6 Aye 0 No
Energy 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 13 No
Housing 35% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 17 shared votes
15 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

70.6%
2% below average
Rank 419 of 650
Participation
65.6%
7% below average
Rank 510 of 650
420
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
716
1,092 eligible divisions
227
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
389
54.3% of votes cast
193
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
327
45.7% of votes cast
2
0.5% 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

117
+32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 650
Appearances
86
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 650
134
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 650
Contributions
215
+67.3 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£181,159
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£181,159
20% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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

#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
28 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API