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Peter Fortune vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Peter Fortune and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 273 different votes 280 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
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 11 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
36 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
36 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
15 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 375 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
188
44.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
238
55.9% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

121
+38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 649
Appearances
86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
145
+1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 209 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

£180,830
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£180,830
20% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
4
4 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Crime / Justice
50 of 62 votes
#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