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Simon Lightwood vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 65% of the time, based on 429 shared comparable votes.

279 same votes 150 different votes 429 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
17 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 3 No
Energy 93% aligned 15 shared votes
13 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 16 No
Education 19% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 5 No
Transport 33% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
43 Aye 16 No
Tax 37% aligned 59 shared votes
32 Aye 27 No
2 Aye 3 No
Benefits 40% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 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
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
711
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
387
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
324
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
215
+69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 649
Contributions
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 277 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
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
13
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
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API