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Paulette Hamilton vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 604 shared comparable votes.

597 same votes 7 different votes 604 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 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
59 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
34 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
34 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
59 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
34 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
34 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

73.6%
1% above average
Rank 338 of 650
Participation
65.7%
7% below average
Rank 506 of 650
883
1,199 eligible divisions
Total votes
733
1,116 eligible divisions
435
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
394
53.8% of votes cast
448
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
339
46.2% of votes cast
7
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

57
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 650
Appearances
94
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 650
68
-86.7 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 650
Contributions
223
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£789,073
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
4
2 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

Education
55 of 61 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
57 of 66 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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