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Simon Lightwood vs Christian Wakeford

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Christian Wakeford voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 582 shared comparable votes.

581 same votes 1 different votes 582 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 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
49 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 29 No
Migration 100% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
49 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 29 No
Migration 100% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 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
86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 80 of 649
698
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,414
1,643 eligible divisions
383
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
680
48.1 % of votes cast
315
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
734
51.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6 % 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
1
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 638 of 650
244
+105.7 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 650
Contributions
1
-137.3 vs Commons average
Rank 634 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
£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42 % above average
Latest expenses
£335,718
48 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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

Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#2
Defence
69 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
Housing
34 of 43 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API