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Simon Lightwood vs Andy Slaughter

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Andy Slaughter voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 645 shared comparable votes.

643 same votes 2 different votes 645 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
55 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
55 Aye 28 No
34 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 61 shared votes
34 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
55 Aye 28 No
34 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 61 shared votes
34 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

65.1 %
8 % below average
Rank 515 of 649
Participation
81.8 %
9 % above average
Rank 163 of 649
698
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,932
2,361 eligible divisions
383
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,073
55.5 % of votes cast
315
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
859
44.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

92
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
Appearances
87
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 650
244
+105.7 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 650
Contributions
120
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£764,432
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,788
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,386
26 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#1
Housing
64 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#2
Defence
68 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Housing
34 of 43 votes
#4
NHS / Health
53 of 56 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API