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Mark Garnier vs Simon Lightwood

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

Photograph of Mark Garnier
Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest
vs
Photograph of Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 556 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 523 different votes 556 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
3 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 12 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
23 Aye 23 No
Migration 9% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 50 shared votes
31 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 262 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

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
4
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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
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