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Mr Louie French vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 558 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 537 different votes 558 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
4 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 12 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 11% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
29 Aye 24 No
Migration 8% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
8 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 32 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 56 shared votes
32 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 22 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
79
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 410 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

£423,303
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
9
4 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

Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

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