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Simon Lightwood vs Peter Dowd

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

Photograph of Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell
vs
Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 519 shared comparable votes.

516 same votes 3 different votes 519 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 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
53 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 31 No
Migration 100% aligned 52 shared votes
21 Aye 31 No
16 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 4 No
Benefits 67% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
53 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
53 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 31 No
Migration 100% aligned 52 shared votes
21 Aye 31 No
16 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

65.7%
7% below average
Rank 506 of 650
Participation
69.1%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
733
1,116 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,405 eligible divisions
394
53.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
927
55.7% of votes cast
339
46.2% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

96
+6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
Appearances
53
-37.0 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 650
225
+68.4 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 650
Contributions
41
-115.6 vs Commons average
Rank 557 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Devolution / Local Government
41 of 54 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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