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Simon Lightwood vs Mr Mark Francois

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 401 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 393 different votes 401 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
13 Aye 26 No
Migration 5% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
39 Aye 26 No
Tax 3% aligned 65 shared votes
24 Aye 41 No
20 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 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
67.9 %
5 % below average
Rank 466 of 649
698
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,602
2,361 eligible divisions
383
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
744
46.4 % of votes cast
315
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
858
53.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

92
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
Appearances
118
+40.1 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650
244
+105.7 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 650
Contributions
349
+210.7 vs Commons average
Rank 44 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
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42 % above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Housing
34 of 43 votes
#4
Housing
52 of 66 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API