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Simon Lightwood vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 297 shared comparable votes.

240 same votes 57 different votes 297 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
11 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 8 No
Benefits 47% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
33 Aye 10 No
Tax 56% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 5 No
Energy 67% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 1 No
Transport 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 5 No
Trade 75% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 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
56.8 %
16 % below average
Rank 600 of 648
664
1,023 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,313
2,312 eligible divisions
370
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
748
57.0 % of votes cast
294
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
565
43.0 % 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
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

60
+0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 648
Appearances
89
+29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 648
209
+101.1 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 648
Contributions
208
+100.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 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
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42 % above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 88 votes
Transport
21 of 26 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Housing
34 of 43 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API