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Rebecca Paul vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Rebecca Paul and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 262 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 256 different votes 262 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
2 Aye 10 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 26 No
Tax 3% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 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

78.8%
6% above average
Rank 226 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
465
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
209
44.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
256
55.1% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 2 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

103
+20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 649
Appearances
86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
150
+6.5 vs Commons average
Rank 203 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

£124,847
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£124,847
45% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
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
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API