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Ms Abena Oppong-Asare vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Ms Abena Oppong-Asare and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 626 shared comparable votes.

611 same votes 15 different votes 626 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
59 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
59 Aye 28 No
32 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 60 shared votes
32 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 56 shared votes
22 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
59 Aye 28 No
32 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 60 shared votes
32 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 56 shared votes
22 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 279 of 650
Participation
66.0%
6% below average
Rank 502 of 650
1,296
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
744
1,128 eligible divisions
690
53.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
402
54.0% of votes cast
606
46.8% of votes cast
No votes
342
46.0% of votes cast
14
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

38
-56.5 vs Commons average
Rank 540 of 650
Appearances
105
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650
42
-122.6 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 650
Contributions
238
+73.4 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£288,312
27% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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

Education
63 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Migration
139 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 70 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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