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Mike Wood vs Simon Lightwood

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

Photograph of Mike Wood
Mike Wood
Con Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
vs
Photograph of Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell

Voting alignment

Mike Wood and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 544 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 523 different votes 544 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
9 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 13 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
26 Aye 16 No
Migration 10% aligned 42 shared votes
12 Aye 30 No
9 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 57 shared votes
31 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% 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

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 72 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
2,049
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
986
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
1,063
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

112
+28.4 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
149
+3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 207 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

£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£275,907
22% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
5
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Migration
162 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Trade
84 of 91 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Housing
61 of 67 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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