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Richard Tice vs Simon Lightwood

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

Photograph of Richard Tice
Richard Tice
RUK Boston and Skegness
vs
Photograph of Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell

Voting alignment

Richard Tice and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 209 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 182 different votes 209 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 4 No
Migration 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 2 No
Transport 10% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 5 No
Education 7% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

52.0%
21% below average
Rank 617 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 511 of 649
305
587 eligible divisions
Total votes
709
1,084 eligible divisions
146
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
385
54.3% of votes cast
159
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.7% of votes cast
11
3.6% 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

171
+90.3 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 649
Appearances
92
+11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
240
+99.4 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 649
Contributions
244
+103.4 vs Commons average
Rank 89 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£176,036
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£176,036
22% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
23
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
3
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
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
6 of 9 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 43 votes
Defence
22 of 34 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
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