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Kirsty Blackman vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Kirsty Blackman and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 310 shared comparable votes.

250 same votes 60 different votes 310 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
11 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 6 No
Benefits 47% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
26 Aye 17 No
Tax 56% aligned 43 shared votes
33 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 6 No
Energy 67% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 1 No
Defence 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 2 No
Transport 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

55.4%
17% below average
Rank 603 of 650
Participation
65.6%
7% below average
Rank 508 of 650
1,333
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
733
1,117 eligible divisions
761
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
394
53.8% of votes cast
572
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
339
46.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

104
+11.0 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 650
Appearances
97
+4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
152
-10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
Contributions
230
+68.0 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
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

Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Trade
83 of 94 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API