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Simon Lightwood vs Gareth Bacon

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 610 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 591 different votes 610 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
11 Aye 6 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 33 No
Migration 8% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
5 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
6 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 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
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
711
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
387
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
714
49.1% of votes cast
324
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% 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
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
215
+69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 649
Contributions
83
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 392 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
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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

Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

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