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Simon Lightwood vs Pete Wishart

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Pete Wishart voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 296 shared comparable votes.

234 same votes 62 different votes 296 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
9 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
17 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Transport 40% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 9 No
Benefits 47% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
32 Aye 10 No
Tax 52% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 3 No
Energy 55% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Education 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

64.9 %
8 % below average
Rank 523 of 648
Participation
55.2 %
18 % below average
Rank 606 of 648
664
1,023 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,276
2,312 eligible divisions
370
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
709
55.6 % of votes cast
294
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
567
44.4 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
3 years, 11 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

60
+0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 648
Appearances
55
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 648
209
+101.1 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 648
Contributions
69
-38.9 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£764,432
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,971,117
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,385
30 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
0
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
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 169 votes
Transport
21 of 26 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#4
Trade
75 of 88 votes
Housing
34 of 43 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API