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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 284 shared comparable votes.

224 same votes 60 different votes 284 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
11 Aye 5 No
Energy 69% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 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

65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
Participation
48.2%
24% below average
Rank 624 of 649
711
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
799
1,658 eligible divisions
387
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
433
54.2% of votes cast
324
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
366
45.8% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
Appearances
92
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 649
215
+69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 649
Contributions
156
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 194 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
£1,355,209
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£322,192
42% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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
Trade
47 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
53 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 41 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Migration
121 of 154 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