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Simon Lightwood vs Harriet Cross

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 Harriet Cross
Harriet Cross
Con Gordon and Buchan

Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Harriet Cross voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 215 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 210 different votes 215 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
31 Aye 22 No
Tax 2% aligned 53 shared votes
21 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 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
73.6 %
same as average
Rank 357 of 648
664
1,023 eligible divisions
Total votes
387
526 eligible divisions
370
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
179
46.3 % of votes cast
294
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
208
53.7 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
3 years, 11 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 648
Appearances
93
+32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 101 of 648
209
+100.1 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 648
Contributions
166
+57.1 vs Commons average
Rank 100 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
£178,612
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42 % above average
Latest expenses
£178,612
21 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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

Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Transport
21 of 26 votes
#3
Tax
97 of 108 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Housing
34 of 43 votes
#5
Defence
18 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API