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Simon Lightwood vs Dave Doogan

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Dave Doogan voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 273 shared comparable votes.

216 same votes 57 different votes 273 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
10 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 4 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 9 No
Benefits 40% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
30 Aye 10 No
Tax 48% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 5 No
Energy 69% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 2 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

64.9 %
8 % below average
Rank 523 of 648
Participation
49.3 %
24 % below average
Rank 624 of 648
664
1,023 eligible divisions
Total votes
786
1,594 eligible divisions
370
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
426
54.2 % of votes cast
294
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
360
45.8 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
3 years, 11 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

60
+0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 648
Appearances
74
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 648
209
+101.1 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 648
Contributions
121
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 167 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£764,432
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,355,209
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42 % above average
Latest expenses
£322,192
42 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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
Trade
47 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
53 of 63 votes
Transport
21 of 26 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 37 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Housing
34 of 43 votes
#5
Migration
119 of 152 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