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Simon Lightwood vs Freddie van Mierlo

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

Photograph of Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell
vs
Photograph of Freddie van Mierlo
Freddie van Mierlo
LD Henley and Thame

Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Freddie van Mierlo voted the same way 33% of the time, based on 155 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 104 different votes 155 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 1 No
Energy 83% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 64% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Housing 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
Transport 29% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 5 No
Education 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 7 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 8 No
Tax 17% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
1 Aye 4 No
Defence 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 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
41.4%
31% below average
Rank 633 of 649
711
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
244
590 eligible divisions
387
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
134
54.9% of votes cast
324
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
110
45.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
Appearances
92
+8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 650
215
+69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 650
Contributions
119
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 279 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
£177,310
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£177,310
22% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Benefits
19 of 30 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#4
Energy
10 of 20 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API