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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 96% of the time, based on 278 shared comparable votes.

267 same votes 11 different votes 278 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

65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
Participation
68.8%
4% below average
Rank 451 of 649
711
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
406
590 eligible divisions
387
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
207
51.0% of votes cast
324
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
199
49.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
2.2% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
Appearances
40
-43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 506 of 649
215
+69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 649
Contributions
46
-99.9 vs Commons average
Rank 522 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
£178,644
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£178,644
21% below average
1
1 registered category
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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#2
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
29 of 34 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Transport
23 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API