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Simon Lightwood vs Richard Foord

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Richard Foord voted the same way 61% of the time, based on 469 shared comparable votes.

286 same votes 183 different votes 469 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
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 26 No
Migration 95% aligned 43 shared votes
15 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 3 No
Energy 94% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
19 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 24 shared votes
22 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 11 No
Education 17% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 4 No
Transport 17% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 15 No
Defence 21% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 5 No
Benefits 25% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
35 Aye 14 No
Tax 39% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 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
61.1%
12% below average
Rank 566 of 649
711
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
664
1,087 eligible divisions
387
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
358
53.9% of votes cast
324
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
306
46.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
Appearances
244
+160.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
215
+69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 649
Contributions
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 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
£772,982
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£302,531
34% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
24 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Migration
74 of 97 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API