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Mark Pritchard vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Mark Pritchard and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 417 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 399 different votes 417 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 6 No
Benefits 33% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
25 Aye 20 No
Migration 7% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 49 No
Tax 1% aligned 72 shared votes
48 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

64.7%
8% below average
Rank 523 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,538
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
732
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
806
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
16
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

188
+104.4 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
226
+80.3 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 650
Contributions
215
+69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,150,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£174,182
23% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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
198 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Migration
136 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API