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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 482 shared comparable votes.
365 same votes
117 different votes
482 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
65.1 %
8 % below average
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
698
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
383
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
55.7 % of votes cast
315
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
708
44.3 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Debates
92
+14.1 vs Commons average
Appearances
66
-11.9 vs Commons average
244
+105.7 vs Commons average
Contributions
68
-70.3 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
3
2 registered categories
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