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Simon Lightwood vs Ian Lavery
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Simon Lightwood and Ian Lavery voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 617 shared comparable votes.
601 same votes
16 different votes
617 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
66.1%
6% below average
Participation
76.5%
4% above average
749
1,133 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,852
2,422 eligible divisions
405
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,026
55.4% of votes cast
344
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
826
44.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.2% of votes cast
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
114
+18.4 vs Commons average
Appearances
102
+6.4 vs Commons average
253
+86.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
120
-46.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
rebel
Aye
No
rebel
Aye
No
rebel
No
Aye
rebel
No
Aye
rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API