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Simon Lightwood vs Mr Clive Betts

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Mr Clive Betts voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 596 shared comparable votes.

595 same votes 1 different votes 596 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
53 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
53 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 25 No
Migration 100% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 27 shared votes
23 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
53 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 25 No
Migration 100% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 27 shared votes
23 Aye 4 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
76.5 %
4 % above average
Rank 277 of 649
698
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,805
2,361 eligible divisions
383
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
56.3 % of votes cast
315
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
789
43.7 % 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
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

92
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
Appearances
53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 650
244
+105.7 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 650
Contributions
47
-91.3 vs Commons average
Rank 508 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
£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42 % above average
Latest expenses
£311,690
38 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Housing
34 of 43 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Work / Employment
65 of 77 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API