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Simon Lightwood vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Nick Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 574 shared comparable votes.

573 same votes 1 different votes 574 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 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
53 Aye 25 No
36 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 62 shared votes
36 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 33 No
Migration 100% aligned 49 shared votes
16 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
53 Aye 25 No
36 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 62 shared votes
36 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 33 No
Migration 100% aligned 49 shared votes
16 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 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
74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 318 of 649
698
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,767
2,361 eligible divisions
383
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,012
57.3 % of votes cast
315
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
755
42.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

92
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
Appearances
91
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
244
+105.7 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 650
Contributions
119
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 239 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
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42 % above average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
89 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Housing
34 of 43 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API