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Simon Lightwood vs Katie Lam

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 Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent

Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Katie Lam voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 210 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 205 different votes 210 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
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 5 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
32 Aye 21 No
Tax 2% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
12 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 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
68.1 %
5 % below average
Rank 474 of 648
664
1,023 eligible divisions
Total votes
358
526 eligible divisions
370
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
169
47.2 % of votes cast
294
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
189
52.8 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % 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
68
+7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 648
209
+100.1 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 648
Contributions
77
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 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
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42 % above average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
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
Tax
100 of 108 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
18 of 23 votes
Transport
21 of 26 votes
#3
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
Housing
34 of 43 votes
#5
Migration
8 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
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
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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 its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
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
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