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Simon Lightwood vs Ruth Cadbury

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Ruth Cadbury voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 578 shared comparable votes.

577 same votes 1 different votes 578 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
55 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
55 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 30 No
Migration 100% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 5 No
Housing 100% aligned 33 shared votes
28 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
55 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 30 No
Migration 100% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 5 No
Housing 100% aligned 33 shared votes
28 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

65.1 %
8 % below average
Rank 515 of 649
Participation
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 314 of 649
698
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,770
2,361 eligible divisions
383
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
986
55.7 % of votes cast
315
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
784
44.3 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

92
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 650
244
+105.7 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 650
Contributions
77
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 397 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
£2,210,414
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,505
30 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
59 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Housing
34 of 43 votes
#4
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Education
78 of 96 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API