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Simon Lightwood vs Ruth Jones

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Ruth Jones voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 586 shared comparable votes.

584 same votes 2 different votes 586 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
54 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
54 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 52 shared votes
18 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
54 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 52 shared votes
18 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 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
78.1 %
5 % above average
Rank 242 of 649
698
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,326
1,697 eligible divisions
383
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
692
52.2 % of votes cast
315
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
634
47.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
7 years, 4 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

92
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
Appearances
48
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650
244
+105.7 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 650
Contributions
69
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 422 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42 % above average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 38 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Education
61 of 69 votes
Housing
34 of 43 votes
#4
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API