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Matt Western vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 559 shared comparable votes.

558 same votes 1 different votes 559 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
52 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
52 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
31 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
52 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
31 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

74.1%
1% above average
Rank 331 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
4 years, 2 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

93
+10.8 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 649
Appearances
86
+3.8 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
109
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 649
Contributions
215
+71.7 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API