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Simon Lightwood vs Gill Furniss

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Gill Furniss voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 548 shared comparable votes.

541 same votes 7 different votes 548 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
54 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
54 Aye 27 No
29 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 33 No
Migration 100% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
17 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
54 Aye 27 No
29 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 33 No
Migration 100% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
17 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

65.7%
7% below average
Rank 506 of 650
Participation
71.0%
1% below average
Rank 400 of 650
733
1,116 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,672
2,354 eligible divisions
394
53.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
55.0% of votes cast
339
46.2% of votes cast
No votes
753
45.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
10 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2016

Debates

96
+6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
Appearances
41
-49.0 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 650
225
+68.4 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 650
Contributions
38
-118.6 vs Commons average
Rank 568 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
£2,125,000
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£322,640
43% 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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
181 of 212 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
68 of 82 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#4
Housing
51 of 62 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

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