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Sarah Dyke vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Dyke and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 46% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

159 same votes 189 different votes 348 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
8 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
11 Aye 1 No
Energy 92% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 22 No
Migration 87% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 5 No
Housing 65% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 12 No
Education 12% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 2 No
Transport 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 25 No
Tax 18% aligned 44 shared votes
33 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 10 No
Benefits 22% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

62.6%
10% below average
Rank 550 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
498
796 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
240
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
258
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
3 years, 2 months
Since 20 Jul 2023
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

157
+73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 649
Appearances
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 649
Contributions
215
+69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£472,827
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£292,538
29% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
5
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

#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Trade
12 of 15 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 5 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API