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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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
64.9 %
8 % below average
Participation
56.8 %
16 % below average
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
Appearances
89
+29.1 vs Commons average
209
+101.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
208
+100.1 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
£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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API