The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Simon Lightwood vs Matt Vickers

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Matt Vickers voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 548 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 532 different votes 548 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
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 6 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 33 No
Migration 8% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 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
78.5%
6% above average
Rank 229 of 649
711
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,302
1,658 eligible divisions
387
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
624
47.9% of votes cast
324
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
678
52.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
Appearances
98
+15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649
215
+71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649
Contributions
187
+43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 149 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
£1,218,799
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£295,321
31% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
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

Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#2
Trade
48 of 53 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
56 of 63 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#4
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API