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Simon Lightwood vs Chris Philp

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Chris Philp voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 524 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 491 different votes 524 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
4 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 10% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
20 Aye 33 No
Migration 8% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
5 Aye 13 No
Transport 6% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
31 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 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
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 649
711
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,979
2,376 eligible divisions
387
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
48.5% of votes cast
324
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,020
51.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
Appearances
56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
215
+71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649
Contributions
85
-58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 383 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
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
209 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 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