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Sammy Wilson vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 19% of the time, based on 378 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 306 different votes 378 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
5 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 2 No
Housing 58% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Cost of Living 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 32% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 1 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 560 of 649
Participation
65.1 %
8 % below average
Rank 515 of 649
1,460
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
698
1,072 eligible divisions
724
49.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
383
54.9 % of votes cast
736
50.4 % of votes cast
No votes
315
45.1 % of votes cast
11
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

102
+24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
Appearances
92
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
147
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650
Contributions
244
+105.7 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
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
195 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 43 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API