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Mrs Kemi Badenoch vs Simon Lightwood

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

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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex
vs
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Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell

Voting alignment

Mrs Kemi Badenoch and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 318 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 310 different votes 318 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
29 Aye 24 No
Migration 8% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
15 Aye 36 No
Tax 2% aligned 51 shared votes
35 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 15 No
Energy 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 15 No
Energy 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 0 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
0 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

66.7%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,415
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
702
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
713
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
3
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

66
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
Appearances
86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
277
+133.5 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
Contributions
215
+71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£278,687
23% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
18
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
4
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
167 of 188 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Trade
73 of 87 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Migration
134 of 163 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Energy
45 of 59 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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
draft Agricultural Holdings (Fee) Regulations 2022 7 Dec 2022
Aye
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