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Simon Lightwood vs Ed Davey

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Ed Davey voted the same way 62% of the time, based on 356 shared comparable votes.

220 same votes 136 different votes 356 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
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 2 No
Trade 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
15 Aye 3 No
Energy 94% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 11 No
Education 24% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 6 No
Transport 25% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
23 Aye 14 No
Tax 35% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 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
60.9 %
12 % below average
Rank 575 of 648
664
1,023 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,253
2,057 eligible divisions
370
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
699
55.8 % of votes cast
294
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
554
44.2 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
3 years, 11 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

60
+0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 648
Appearances
49
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 648
209
+101.1 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 648
Contributions
82
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 296 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
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#2
Transport
21 of 26 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 161 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Housing
34 of 43 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 193 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API