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Rosie Duffield vs Simon Lightwood

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

Photograph of Rosie Duffield
Rosie Duffield
Ind Canterbury
vs
Photograph of Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell

Voting alignment

Rosie Duffield and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 316 shared comparable votes.

236 same votes 80 different votes 316 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
9 Aye 26 No
Migration 100% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
8 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 5 No
Energy 100% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 2 No
Trade 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 4 No
Defence 22% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 6 No
Benefits 31% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 8 No
Education 45% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 11 No
Housing 61% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 16 No
Tax 65% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

57.5 %
15 % below average
Rank 592 of 649
Participation
65.1 %
8 % below average
Rank 516 of 649
1,206
2,099 eligible divisions
Total votes
693
1,065 eligible divisions
666
55.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
382
55.1 % of votes cast
540
44.8 % of votes cast
No votes
311
44.9 % of votes cast
2
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
4 years, 0 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

29
-46.2 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 649
Appearances
76
+0.8 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
35
-98.4 vs Commons average
Rank 546 of 649
Contributions
184
+50.6 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,755,617
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£253,889
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42 % above average
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
162 of 188 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Democracy / Parliament
29 of 40 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
34 of 49 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 43 votes
Trade
57 of 85 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 32 13 Nov 2025
Housing
Aye
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Government amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 2 13 Nov 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: New Clause 1 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
No
Opposition Day: Welfare 15 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 45 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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