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Priti Patel vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Priti Patel and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 362 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 352 different votes 362 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
25 Aye 11 No
Migration 11% aligned 36 shared votes
7 Aye 29 No
9 Aye 3 No
Transport 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 40 No
Tax 2% aligned 57 shared votes
39 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
22 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
666
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
800
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
14
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Appearances
86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 348 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

£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£244,429
8% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
14
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
12
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
189 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Housing
52 of 67 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Tax
217 of 322 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API