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Naz Shah vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Naz Shah and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 519 shared comparable votes.

504 same votes 15 different votes 519 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
49 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
49 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 6 No
Housing 100% aligned 34 shared votes
28 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
49 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 6 No
Housing 100% aligned 34 shared votes
28 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

65.3%
7% below average
Rank 509 of 650
Participation
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 496 of 650
1,582
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
749
1,133 eligible divisions
881
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
405
54.1% of votes cast
701
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
344
45.9% of votes cast
16
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

21
-75.9 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 650
Appearances
114
+17.1 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
25
-143.9 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 650
Contributions
253
+84.1 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,337,527
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£312,636
38% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
10
3 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

Housing
58 of 68 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 212 votes
#4
Housing
35 of 45 votes
Trade
72 of 94 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