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Karin Smyth vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 549 shared comparable votes.

548 same votes 1 different votes 549 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
49 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
49 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 30 No
Migration 100% aligned 46 shared votes
16 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
49 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 30 No
Migration 100% aligned 46 shared votes
16 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

72.6%
same as average
Rank 366 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
762
44.2% 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
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 2 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

107
+24.8 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
86
+3.8 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
411
+267.7 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649
Contributions
215
+71.7 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
1
1 registered category
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API