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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Simon Lightwood
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Nick Thomas-Symonds and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 435 shared comparable votes.
423 same votes
12 different votes
435 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
62.6%
10% below average
Participation
66.1%
6% below average
1,515
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
749
1,133 eligible divisions
868
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
405
54.1% of votes cast
647
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
344
45.9% of votes cast
12
0.8% 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
65
-31.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
114
+17.5 vs Commons average
407
+238.8 vs Commons average
Contributions
253
+84.8 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
5
2 registered categories
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API