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Simon Lightwood vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 664 shared comparable votes.

663 same votes 1 different votes 664 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
59 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
59 Aye 32 No
35 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 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
59 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
59 Aye 32 No
35 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 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

65.1 %
8 % below average
Rank 515 of 649
Participation
82.4 %
10 % above average
Rank 149 of 649
698
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,361 eligible divisions
383
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,081
55.6 % of votes cast
315
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
864
44.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

92
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
Appearances
134
+56.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
244
+105.7 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 650
Contributions
552
+413.7 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£764,432
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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

Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Housing
34 of 43 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API