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Simon Lightwood vs Chris Law

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Chris Law voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 279 shared comparable votes.

217 same votes 62 different votes 279 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 6 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 5 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Trade 100% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 3 No
Energy 44% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 8 No
Benefits 47% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
36 Aye 11 No
Tax 49% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
2 Aye 1 No
Transport 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 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
51.5%
21% below average
Rank 619 of 649
711
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,223
2,376 eligible divisions
387
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
674
55.1% of votes cast
324
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
549
44.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
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
57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649
215
+69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 649
Contributions
64
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 463 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
£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£345,624
53% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
1
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

Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 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