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Pete Wishart vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Pete Wishart and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

247 same votes 67 different votes 314 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
9 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
16 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 6 No
Benefits 47% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 2 No
Transport 50% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
27 Aye 20 No
Tax 53% aligned 47 shared votes
37 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 4 No
Energy 55% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Education 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

53.7%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 650
Participation
66.0%
6% below average
Rank 502 of 650
1,298
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
744
1,128 eligible divisions
722
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
402
54.0% of votes cast
576
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
342
46.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

125
+30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 650
Appearances
103
+8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 650
151
-13.8 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 650
Contributions
236
+71.2 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,971,117
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£294,385
30% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
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
195 of 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Migration
147 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API