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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 457 shared comparable votes.

349 same votes 108 different votes 457 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
15 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
Education 40% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 7 No
Transport 50% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 9 No
Benefits 53% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
43 Aye 19 No
Tax 60% aligned 62 shared votes
44 Aye 18 No
2 Aye 8 No
Defence 60% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

64.9 %
8 % below average
Rank 523 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
664
1,023 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
370
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
294
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
3 years, 11 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

60
+0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
209
+101.1 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 648
Contributions
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 648

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
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Transport
21 of 26 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Housing
34 of 43 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API