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Simon Lightwood vs James Murray

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and James Murray voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 593 shared comparable votes.

592 same votes 1 different votes 593 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
56 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
56 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 35 No
Migration 100% aligned 58 shared votes
23 Aye 35 No
26 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 6 No
Housing 100% aligned 34 shared votes
28 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
56 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 35 No
Migration 100% aligned 58 shared votes
23 Aye 35 No
26 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 6 No
Housing 100% aligned 34 shared votes
28 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
711
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
387
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
324
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
Appearances
97
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 649
215
+69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 649
Contributions
757
+611.1 vs Commons average
Rank 6 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API