The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Keir Mather vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Keir Mather and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 388 shared comparable votes.

388 same votes 0 different votes 388 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
32 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

75.6%
3% above average
Rank 296 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
602
796 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
294
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
308
51.2% 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
3 years, 2 months
Since 20 Jul 2023
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

102
+19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 649
Appearances
86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
524
+380.5 vs Commons average
Rank 20 of 649
Contributions
215
+71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£451,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£306,391
35% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Education
50 of 52 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Transport
31 of 33 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 14 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