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Simon Lightwood vs Kerry McCarthy

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 648 shared comparable votes.

646 same votes 2 different votes 648 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
57 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
57 Aye 30 No
33 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
33 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 30 No
Migration 100% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
57 Aye 30 No
33 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
33 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 30 No
Migration 100% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 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
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 649
711
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
387
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
324
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
827
44.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
215
+69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 649
Contributions
110
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 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
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#4
Education
84 of 96 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API