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Mr Bayo Alaba vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Mr Bayo Alaba and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 279 shared comparable votes.

268 same votes 11 different votes 279 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
31 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

65.8%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 650
Participation
65.7%
7% below average
Rank 506 of 650
407
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
733
1,116 eligible divisions
208
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
394
53.8% of votes cast
199
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
339
46.2% of votes cast
9
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

43
-45.8 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 650
Appearances
94
+5.2 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 650
47
-107.6 vs Commons average
Rank 532 of 650
Contributions
223
+68.4 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£178,644
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£178,644
21% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
4
2 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

Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Transport
23 of 30 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Housing
23 of 32 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API