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Mike Martin vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Mike Martin and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 223 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 169 different votes 223 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
5 Aye 0 No
Energy 80% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 38% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 27 No
Tax 7% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 12 No
Education 7% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

58.0%
15% below average
Rank 586 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
342
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
191
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
151
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

114
+29.2 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 650
Appearances
86
+1.2 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 650
150
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 650
Contributions
215
+67.3 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£164,314
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£164,314
27% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
41
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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

Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API