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Josh Dean vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Josh Dean and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 350 shared comparable votes.

349 same votes 1 different votes 350 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
37 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
37 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
37 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 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

93.4 %
21 % above average
Rank 6 of 649
Participation
65.1 %
8 % below average
Rank 515 of 649
537
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
698
1,072 eligible divisions
272
50.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
383
54.9 % of votes cast
265
49.3 % of votes cast
No votes
315
45.1 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 0 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

56
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 649
Appearances
77
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 252 of 649
64
-73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 649
Contributions
185
+47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£169,396
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£169,396
25 % below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42 % above average
2
2 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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 43 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API