The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Tuesday 1 September 2026.

Compare

Rachel Gilmour vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Gilmour and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 166 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 126 different votes 166 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
5 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Energy 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 12 No
Housing 28% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 23% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 20 No
Tax 3% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 4 No
Education 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

42.3 %
30 % below average
Rank 633 of 649
Participation
65.1 %
8 % below average
Rank 515 of 649
243
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
698
1,072 eligible divisions
133
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
383
54.9 % of votes cast
110
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
315
45.1 % of votes cast
3
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

117
+39.0 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 649
Appearances
92
+14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
138
-0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 649
Contributions
244
+105.5 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£174,467
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£174,467
23 % below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42 % above average
6
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
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

Housing
24 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Democracy / Parliament
6 of 10 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Benefits
17 of 30 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 43 votes
Defence
18 of 34 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