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Nigel Farage vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 130 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 123 different votes 130 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
Democracy / Parliament 29% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 2 No
Education 10% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 11 No
Tax 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 11 No
Tax 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

40.0%
33% below average
Rank 634 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
6
15 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
4
66.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
2
33.3% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
1 months
Since 13 Aug 2026
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

13
-70.6 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
15
-130.7 vs Commons average
Rank 617 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

£162,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£162,580
28% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
35
7 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

Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
No topic data
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
No topic data
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
No topic data
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
No topic data
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API