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Rishi Sunak vs Simon Lightwood

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

Photograph of Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak
Con Richmond and Northallerton
vs
Photograph of Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell

Voting alignment

Rishi Sunak and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 88 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 78 different votes 88 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
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 6 No
Migration 12% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
2 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 7 No
Tax 0% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 7 No
Tax 0% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

43.3 %
30 % below average
Rank 631 of 648
Participation
64.9 %
8 % below average
Rank 523 of 648
1,000
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
664
1,023 eligible divisions
451
45.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
370
55.7 % of votes cast
549
54.9 % of votes cast
No votes
294
44.3 % of votes cast
4
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
3 years, 11 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

21
-38.9 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 648
Appearances
60
+0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 648
23
-84.9 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 648
Contributions
209
+101.1 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,536,845
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£166,813
26 % below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42 % above average
14
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
167 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Trade
59 of 88 votes
#3
Transport
21 of 26 votes
Transport
52 of 87 votes
#4
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
20 of 45 votes
#5
Housing
34 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Rural communities 7 Jan 2026
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) 2 Dec 2025
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
Aye
draft Agricultural Holdings (Fee) Regulations 2022 7 Dec 2022
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API