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Simon Lightwood vs Carolyn Harris

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Carolyn Harris voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 578 shared comparable votes.

576 same votes 2 different votes 578 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
49 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
49 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 49 shared votes
33 Aye 16 No
49 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
49 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 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
75.1%
3% above average
Rank 308 of 649
711
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,785
2,376 eligible divisions
387
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
57.4% of votes cast
324
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
760
42.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
Appearances
49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
215
+69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 649
Contributions
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£764,432
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,394,912
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£305,970
35% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Education
83 of 96 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#4
Work / Employment
66 of 77 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API