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Simon Lightwood vs Ben Maguire

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Ben Maguire voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 235 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 180 different votes 235 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
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 83% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
17 Aye 4 No
Housing 33% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
11 Aye 9 No
Education 5% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 7% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 16 No
Tax 13% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
Participation
60.3%
12% below average
Rank 571 of 649
711
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
356
590 eligible divisions
387
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
54.5% of votes cast
324
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
162
45.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

86
+1.2 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 650
Appearances
101
+16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 650
215
+67.3 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 650
Contributions
118
-29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 291 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
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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

Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 32 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API