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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 61% of the time, based on 376 shared comparable votes.

228 same votes 148 different votes 376 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
3 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 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
17 Aye 31 No
Migration 94% aligned 48 shared votes
18 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 9 No
Transport 23% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 11 No
Education 24% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 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

65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
Participation
60.2%
12% below average
Rank 574 of 649
711
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,276
2,121 eligible divisions
387
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
715
56.0% of votes cast
324
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
561
44.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.6% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
Appearances
65
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
215
+69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 649
Contributions
108
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 320 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
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
170 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#2
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 163 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API