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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 62% of the time, based on 439 shared comparable votes.

272 same votes 167 different votes 439 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
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
16 Aye 25 No
Migration 98% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 3 No
Energy 94% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 7 No
Defence 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 11 No
Education 13% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 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

64.9 %
8 % below average
Rank 523 of 648
Participation
61.5 %
12 % below average
Rank 569 of 648
664
1,023 eligible divisions
Total votes
629
1,023 eligible divisions
370
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
332
52.8 % of votes cast
294
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
297
47.2 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6 % of votes cast
3 years, 11 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
3 years, 11 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

60
+0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 648
Appearances
170
+110.1 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 648
209
+101.1 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 648
Contributions
198
+90.1 vs Commons average
Rank 80 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
£772,982
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42 % above average
Latest expenses
£302,531
34 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
24 of 29 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#2
Housing
33 of 43 votes
Transport
21 of 26 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
13 of 17 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#4
Migration
72 of 95 votes
Housing
34 of 43 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API