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Simon Lightwood vs Ben Lake
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Simon Lightwood and Ben Lake voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 489 shared comparable votes.
370 same votes
119 different votes
489 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
65.4%
7% below average
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
711
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
387
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
324
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Debates
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
215
+69.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API