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Sarah Jones vs Simon Lightwood

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

Photograph of Sarah Jones
Sarah Jones
Lab Croydon West
vs
Photograph of Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell

Voting alignment

Sarah Jones and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 488 shared comparable votes.

488 same votes 0 different votes 488 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
34 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
34 Aye 24 No
43 Aye 15 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
43 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 52 shared votes
18 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
34 Aye 24 No
43 Aye 15 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
43 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 52 shared votes
18 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

66.7%
6% below average
Rank 479 of 650
Participation
65.6%
7% below average
Rank 508 of 650
1,435
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
733
1,117 eligible divisions
794
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
394
53.8% of votes cast
641
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
339
46.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

121
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 650
Appearances
97
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
704
+540.5 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 650
Contributions
230
+66.5 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,822,449
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£279,929
24% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
164 of 189 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Migration
136 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 82 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Trade
71 of 90 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 47 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
41 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API