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Shivani Raja vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Shivani Raja and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 251 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 245 different votes 251 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 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
33 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
33 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
374
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
187
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
187
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

16
-66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
Appearances
86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
18
-125.5 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 649
Contributions
215
+71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£205,066
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£205,066
9% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
3
3 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

Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Transport
22 of 29 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API