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Lucy Powell vs Simon Lightwood

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

Photograph of Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central
vs
Photograph of Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 543 shared comparable votes.

543 same votes 0 different votes 543 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
47 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
47 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 48 shared votes
16 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
47 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 48 shared votes
16 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 650
Participation
65.6%
7% below average
Rank 508 of 650
1,590
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
733
1,117 eligible divisions
890
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
394
53.8% of votes cast
700
44.0% 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
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

26
-67.0 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 650
Appearances
97
+4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
257
+95.0 vs Commons average
Rank 106 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

£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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

Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
41 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API