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Pat McFadden vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Pat McFadden and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 449 shared comparable votes.

448 same votes 1 different votes 449 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
20 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
32 Aye 14 No
Tax 100% aligned 46 shared votes
32 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 3 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
20 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
32 Aye 14 No
Tax 100% aligned 46 shared votes
32 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 3 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
20 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

65.5%
7% below average
Rank 508 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,557
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
898
57.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
659
42.3% 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
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
4 years, 2 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

35
-47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 649
Appearances
86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
255
+111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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

£2,498,186
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£225,631
same as average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
1
1 registered category
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
184 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API