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Richard Foord vs Simon Lightwood
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Richard Foord and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 61% of the time, based on 460 shared comparable votes.
281 same votes
179 different votes
460 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
61.0 %
12 % below average
Participation
65.1 %
8 % below average
654
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
698
1,072 eligible divisions
350
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
383
54.9 % of votes cast
304
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
315
45.1 % of votes cast
4
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
4 years, 0 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
4 years, 0 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Debates
232
+153.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
85
+6.9 vs Commons average
256
+117.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
215
+76.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£772,982
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
6
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API