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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 539 shared comparable votes.

538 same votes 1 different votes 539 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
22 Aye 33 No
Migration 100% aligned 55 shared votes
22 Aye 33 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
22 Aye 33 No
Migration 100% aligned 55 shared votes
22 Aye 33 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

74.3 %
1 % above average
Rank 333 of 647
Participation
64.9 %
8 % below average
Rank 520 of 647
1,544
2,078 eligible divisions
Total votes
678
1,044 eligible divisions
866
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
373
55.0 % of votes cast
678
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
305
45.0 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
4 years, 0 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

67
+0.8 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 650
Appearances
84
+17.8 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 650
79
-38.8 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650
Contributions
264
+146.2 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 650

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
3
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
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Migration
145 of 161 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#3
Transport
25 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 40 votes
#4
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 43 votes
#5
Housing
34 of 43 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API