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Simon Lightwood vs Mr Bayo Alaba

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Mr Bayo Alaba voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 276 shared comparable votes.

267 same votes 9 different votes 276 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
31 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 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
70.3 %
2 % below average
Rank 424 of 649
698
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
404
575 eligible divisions
383
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
207
51.2 % of votes cast
315
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
197
48.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
9
2.2 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

92
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
Appearances
46
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 650
244
+105.7 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 650
Contributions
55
-83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 474 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
£178,644
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42 % above average
Latest expenses
£178,644
21 % below 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

Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
Housing
34 of 43 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
29 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API