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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 80% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.
247 same votes
60 different votes
307 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
65.4%
7% below average
Participation
55.9%
17% below average
711
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
387
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
324
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% 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
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
215
+69.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
129
-16.9 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
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API