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Simon Lightwood vs Charlotte Nichols

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Charlotte Nichols voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 604 shared comparable votes.

603 same votes 1 different votes 604 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
56 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
56 Aye 31 No
22 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
31 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
56 Aye 31 No
22 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
31 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

65.1 %
8 % below average
Rank 515 of 649
Participation
77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 267 of 649
698
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,268
1,643 eligible divisions
383
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
653
51.5 % of votes cast
315
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
615
48.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

92
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
Appearances
17
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 650
244
+105.7 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 650
Contributions
20
-118.3 vs Commons average
Rank 599 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
£1,254,140
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42 % above average
Latest expenses
£305,109
35 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Education
64 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#2
Housing
49 of 53 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Energy
43 of 48 votes
Housing
34 of 43 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
61 of 70 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API