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Simon Lightwood vs Rebecca Paul

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 262 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 256 different votes 262 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
8 Aye 4 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
25 Aye 15 No
Tax 3% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No
14 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
2 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
Participation
78.8%
6% above average
Rank 226 of 649
711
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
590 eligible divisions
387
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
209
44.9% of votes cast
324
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
256
55.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
Appearances
104
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 649
215
+69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 649
Contributions
152
+6.1 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£764,432
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 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

Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API